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Good morning. This is TheStreet’s Stock Market Today for Aug. 21, 2025. The stock market is set to open in short order. You can follow along all day with today’s biggest updates here, on our daily live blog.
This morning, futures are trending to the downside after Walmart reported earnings. Before the bell, here’s what you to know this A.M:
Update: 7:31 a.m. ET
Earnings Today: Walmart, Zoom, Intuit
There are only 39 earnings reports today, per Nasdaq. Still, there are some heavyweights today. Walmart (WMT) (-2%) already reported this morning. And we’ll be getting earnings from software players like Zoom (ZM) , Intuit (INTU) , and Workday (WDAY) in the after hours session.
Here are the top ten reports coming down the line today:
Economic Data
Today, the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole symposium will kick off in Wyoming. It’ll also be a busy day for economic data. Here’s what investors will be keeping an eye on today, with forecasted figures provided by TradingEconomics.
(All times are in ET; all data is for August unless otherwise indicated.)
7:30 a.m.
- Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic is set to deliver remarks
8:30 a.m.
- Initial Jobless Claims (Wk of Aug. 16) [Prev: 224,000]
- 4-week avg: 221,750
- Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index [Prev: 15.9] [Forecast: 9]
- Continuing Jobless Claims (Wk of Aug. 9) [Prev: 1.953 million]
9:45 a.m.
- S&P Global Composite PMI [Prev: 55.1] [Forecast: 53]
- S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Flash [Prev: 49.8] [Forecast: 49.7]
- S&P Global Services PMI Flash [Prev: 55.7] [Forecast: 53]
10:00 a.m.
- Existing Home Sales (Jul.) [Prev: 3.93 million] [Forecast: 3.9 million]
- Month-over-Month [Prev: -2.7%]
- CB Leading Index (Jul.)
Other Data Points of Note:
- Philadelphia Fed CAPEX, Employment, New Orders, and Prices Paid at 8:30 a.m.
- EIA Natural Gas Stocks change at 10:30 a.m.
- 4- and 8- week bill auction at 11:30 a.m.
- 15- and 30-year mortgage rate at 12:00 p.m.
- 30-year TIPS auction at 1:00 p.m.
- Fed Balance Sheet out at 4:30 p.m.
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