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The Fed Gets a Data Calendar and Investors Get a Guessing Contest
· New York time
CoreWeave and Nebius are due to report earnings alongside inflation data that could shape the Federal Reserve's next interest rate decision, Jim Cramer says in his preview of the week ahead. The combination puts AI infrastructure and the cost of money on the same crowded calendar. The companies' results will give investors a chance to examine how two businesses tied to the data center boom are performing. Inflation reports, meanwhile, can affect the outlook for rates across the economy, including the cost of financing large investments. Neither set of numbers has to deliver a neat answer to be important. For markets, the schedule offers the usual opportunity to turn a few days of reporting into a referendum on the entire future. A company can discuss its business, an inflation release can describe prices, and traders can attempt to translate both into a single verdict before lunch. The Fed will have more to consider than an entertaining week on television. Investors will also have to separate what companies report from what they hope those reports mean. In the meantime, the forecast industry is ready with its favorite product: certainty, available immediately and subject to revision as soon as the next number arrives. The calendar has barely opened and already the conclusions are standing in line.
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