Top 5 things to watch in markets in the week ahead
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Investors will be looking ahead to data due out when markets are closed on Friday for the latest read on U.S. inflation. Several Federal Reserve officials, including Chair Jerome Powell, are slated to speak and their comments will be closely watched after last week’s dovish remarks by the Fed head. The U.S. is to release the core personal consumption expenditures price index, the Fed’s preferred gauge of underlying inflation when markets are closed for Good Friday. The index, which excludes food and energy costs, is forecast to rise 0.3% in February after posting its biggest monthly increase in a year the prior month. The economic calendar also features data on durable goods orders and the weekly report on initial jobless claims. Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Atlanta Fed president Raphael Bostic and Fed governors Lisa Cook and Christopher Waller are among some of the Fed officials due to make appearances during the coming week.



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