Moody’s downgrades U.S. credit outlook to negative; Biden, China’s Xi to meet on sidelines of APEC; ExxonMobil to excavate lithium.

Stocks rise; people raise inflation expectations; President Biden to meet with China’s president Xi Jinping on Wednesday; Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets with Chinese leadership.

Wall Street ended in the red yesterday after comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell; President Joe Biden will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit starts tomorrow.

Stocks fall; Powell says the Fed is ready to raise rates again if needed; inflation reduction will depend on demand; unemployment claims rise.

SAG-AFTRA, Hollywood studios reach tentative agreement; Warner Bros. Discovery takes financial hit from strikes, while Sony appears unscathed so far; jobless claims hold steady at 217,000; Yellen, Chinese counterpart to meet ahead of economic summit.

Stocks close mixed; mortgage rates drop by largest amount since July 2022; Disney’s ad revenue falls; wholesale inventories tick up.

The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 7.6 percent; Regulators want to supervise digital payments; FTC challenging medical patents that may be preventing generics; Las Vegas workers reach labor deal with one of three major casino operators.

Stocks close higher; household debt rises; WeWork files for bankruptcy; Secretaries of Treasury, Defense, State call for more aid to Ukraine.

Fed policymakers are divided over the need for additional hike; WeWork files for bankruptcy protection; Secretaries of Treasury, Defense, State call for more Ukraine aid; Johnson & Johnson to test surgical robot.