U.S. Investors Prepare for a Busy Week of Earnings, Fed's Rate Decisions, and Labor Market Reports

Barry Adams
28 Jul, 2025
New York City

U.S. stocks traded sideways, and investors were lukewarm to the latest U.S.-EU trade pact. 

This week investors are preparing to review quarterly earnings from more than 300 companies, as the earnings season picks up pace. 

Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, and Boeing are on tap to release their quarterly results. 

On the economic front, investors are awaiting the release of the second quarter GDP growth update, and economists are anticipating the U.S. economy to expand at an annual pace of 2.2% compared to a decrease of 0.5%. 

The labor market updates will also remain in investor focus this week; despite macroeconomic uncertainty, the U.S. labor market remains resilient. 

On Friday, the nonfarm payrolls report is expected to show that the U.S. economy added at least 100,000 net new jobs in July, down from 147,000 in June. 

On Wednesday, the Jobs and Labor Turnover Survey, the so-called JOLTS report, is expected to show job openings to remain above 7 million, despite the resilient but cooling jobs market. 

The Federal Reserve is anticipated to hold its short-term interest rate range unrevised between 4.25% and 4.50%, and investors will be looking for clues if a rate cut is likely at the following policy meeting in September.

 

U.S. Stock Movers 

Tesla Inc. rose 1.4% to $320.80, and the company's chief executive confirmed a $16.5 billion chips contract with the South Korea-based Samsung to supply advanced semiconductors. 

Defense stocks rallied after the U.S. president claimed, without offering details or a timetable, that the European Union "would be purchasing hundreds of billions of dollars of military equipment."

L3Harris gained 0.3% to $270.25, RTX Corp. added 1.1% to $158.13, and Lockheed Martin jumped 1.1% to $158.13.