Financial Market News | Sunday Outlook

Last week was about commitments.

Every position made before the war started got tested against what the war actually produced. GM idled its EV plant and added truck shifts on the same day. Intel bought back its own factory for $3 billion more than it sold it for. Delta hedged its fuel costs in 2012 and watched competitors absorb bills it largely avoided.

Then Friday delivered a surprise. The economy added 178,000 jobs in March, more than three times what economists expected. Unemployment fell to 4.3%. Healthcare carried most of the gain. Wages grew just 0.2%, below expectations. Labor force participation hit its lowest since November 2021. And the survey window closed before the war's cost pressure had time to change hiring decisions. April is where that shows up.

The number was better than feared. The story it tells about next month is more complicated.

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Monday brings the ISM Services PMI. This one matters.

Manufacturing has been soft for months. The services sector is what has kept the broader economy moving. When services slows, the cushion under growth gets thinner.

The question this week is simple. Can services hold up while energy costs rise and consumer confidence falls? The University of Michigan's final March reading came in at 55.3. That was the lowest of the year. Middle and higher income households showed the steepest drops. Those are the households whose spending drives the service economy.

If ISM Services holds above 50, it signals the economy is still expanding even under pressure. If it falls, the picture changes. That would mean both sides of the economy are softening at the same time. That is a different kind of problem than one sector cooling.

The Opening Read

Services has been the economy's shock absorber. Monday shows how much pressure is left in it.

Tuesday is the most loaded morning before Thursday.

March's jobs number beat expectations, but the survey window closed before the war's full cost pressure reached employers. ADP Employment Change gives the first read on whether that pressure has since reached actual hiring decisions. The labor market spent last week being described as fragile. ADP shows whether that is already happening in hiring.

Durable Goods Orders land the same day. This measures spending on long-lasting items like machines, vehicles, and equipment. When companies get nervous, they stop buying equipment first. A soft number here means businesses are already pulling back.

Fed President Austan Goolsbee also speaks Tuesday. After Powell's Harvard speech last week, where he admitted the Fed has limited tools against a supply shock, every Fed voice matters. Goolsbee tends to focus more on the employment side of the mandate. His tone will show whether the committee is leaning toward protecting jobs or fighting inflation as the two risks pull in opposite directions.

The API Crude Oil Stock Change report closes the day. After two weeks where oil set the tone for everything else, inventory data tells you whether supply is loosening or tightening further.

The Labor and Spending Check

If ADP disappoints while durable goods orders fall, two major signals weaken at once.

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The FOMC Minutes from the March meeting land Wednesday.

This is not about what the Fed does next. It is about what the committee was debating when they last sat down. That meeting happened before oil crossed $100. Before the IEA said April's supply loss would be double March's. Before futures briefly priced a 52% chance of a hike.

The minutes will show how divided the committee already was. How many members were worried about inflation versus how many were worried about growth. Whether anyone raised the possibility that the next move could be up. That debate has only gotten harder.

The minutes will also show whether any officials were flagging warning signs in the labor market or consumer spending that have since gotten worse. That context matters because the Fed is heading into a leadership change with a messier picture than anyone expected.

The Policy Window

The minutes won't resolve anything. But they will show how much of the current problem was already there before the war made it harder.

This is the week.

Core PCE, GDP Growth Rate, Personal Income and Spending, Corporate Profits, and Initial Jobless Claims all land Thursday.

Core PCE is the Fed's preferred inflation gauge. It has been running above target all year. If it accelerates, rate cuts get pushed out. If it holds flat, the growth risk starts to dominate. Both directions matter.

GDP gives the broadest picture of what the economy produced in the first quarter. That quarter ended with oil well above $100, mortgage rates climbing, and consumer confidence falling. How the number lands will tell you how much of that pressure was already being absorbed before April even started.

Personal Income and Spending shows whether households are earning enough to keep pace with what things cost. Income growing faster than spending is healthy. Spending outpacing income signals that households are drawing down savings or borrowing to cover gaps.

Initial Jobless Claims is the real-time check on layoffs. It needs to stay contained.

The Big Morning

Four interconnected signals in one session. If they align, the market gets its answer on whether the economy is absorbing this or starting to slow under it.

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The earnings calendar is quiet this week. The heavier season doesn't start until the week of April 13. But these four matter.

Delta Air Lines reports first. Delta bought a refinery in 2012 and has spent every oil shock since then with better fuel economics than its competitors. Delta's results show what that decision was worth since gas crossed $4. United's CEO called the fuel crisis an opportunity to buy weaker competitors. Delta's numbers put a price on the hedge.

Constellation Brands reports alongside Delta. The company sells Corona, Modelo, and other beer brands primarily to the U.S. Hispanic consumer. That consumer has been under more pressure from rising food and fuel costs. Constellation's volume and pricing data will show whether that segment is pulling back faster than the broader market.

RPM International reports mid-week. The company makes paints, coatings, and sealants sold primarily to contractors and industrial buyers. Its results read construction and industrial activity directly. If RPM's orders are softening, contractors are slowing down before the housing data captures it.

Progressive Corporation closes the week's earnings. The auto and home insurer has been raising premiums steadily as repair costs and claims rose. Whether it can still push pricing through without losing policyholders tells you something about the consumer's financial flexibility. When insurance strains household budgets, it shows up in cancellation rates before it shows up in spending surveys.

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Last week was reaction. This week is information.

ISM Services sets the tone Monday. Labor and spending signals arrive Tuesday. The Fed's own debate opens Wednesday. The economy's inflation and growth picture lands Thursday. The consumer delivers its own verdict Friday through sentiment and spending data.

The pressure from last week did not go away. It moved into the pipeline. This week shows what comes out.

If the data holds, the system is absorbing the shock. If multiple signals soften together, the hard landing conversation gets real.

Markets price stories first. Then they price outcomes.

Last week showed what the war created. This week starts putting a number on it.