U.S. CPI, Retail Sales and PPI Data Due as Risk Assets Rally in First Week of 2026
The S&P 500 rose 1.6% and the Russell 2000 gained 4.6% in the first full trading week of 2026, while Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) attracted 100 亿美元 within days, BlockBeats reports. The U.S. data calendar includes December CPI releases on Tuesday at 21:30, November retail sales and PPI reports on Wednesday at 21:30, and initial jobless claims for the week to January 10 on Thursday at 21:30. Bank of America Global Research strategists said Friday's data strengthened their conviction that the Federal Reserve will not cut rates again before Jerome Powell's successor takes office, while Fed officials are set to speak next week and geopolitical developments including U.S. Secretary of State Rubio's planned meetings with Danish and Greenland officials and nationwide unrest in Iran may influence market risk appetite in the short term.