Wall St. awaits Powell speech, retail earnings; Trump and Zelenskyy meet with European leaders 8/18/25

Stocks dipped on Monday, as markets cooled off following a winning week. Traders awaited key retail earnings and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s annual speech at the central bank’s Jackson Hole summit.

And President Donald Trump is meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House today. We’ll tell you all you need to know.

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