Midterms, Jobs Data, and Apple Earnings Test Wall Street This Week: Will Stocks Hold?

Wall Street this week faces midterm elections, a jobs report, and Apple earnings. The Nasdaq Composite lost 2% last week and posted its worst month since March 2025. The Federal Reserve (Fed) held rates last week, with two of its 12 voters backing a hike. A strong jobs report could lift rate-hike odds, adding pressure to risk assets weighed by artificial intelligence (AI) spending doubts. Can Friday’s Jobs Report Shift Wall Street This Week? Economists polled by Dow Jones expect October nonfarm payrolls, due Friday, to show 55,000 jobs added . The report measures monthly US hiring outside the farm sector. The Fed’s split over hikes therefore raises the stakes for that number.

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