Week Ahead: US inflation and WMT earnings

4m · IG trading the markets · 12 May 17:00

Despite US earnings winding down there are two all-sessions stocks to watch in the coming week: WalMart (WMT) and Cisco Systems (CSCO). On the economic agenda the big dollar pivot point is widely expected to be Wednesday’s release of US consumer pricwes. The Fed has aleready warned that it’s seeing stronger data and this remains around inflation. That could see a return to USDF strength.

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