Markets are digesting the latest reading on consumer sentiment, economists had expected a reading of 66.6, a slight increase over last month. US July Housing Starts fell to 1.238 million annualized, below economists expectations. The Federal Reserve remains in focus following a week of key inflation data. Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee will speak later today, potentially giving more insight into the possibility of an interest rate cut in September.

Trending Tickers on Yahoo Finance include Applied Materials (AMAT), Rocket Lab (RKLB), and Super Micro Computer (SMCI).

Top guests today include:
9:05 AM: Tiffany Wilding, PIMCO Managing Director and Economist
9:30 AM: Emily Roland, John Hancock Investment Management Co-Chief Investment Strategist
10:45 AM: Paul Krugman, New York Times Op-Ed columnist, professor, and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
11:15 AM: Jeff Jones, H&R Block CEO