By Jamie McGeever

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -TRADING DAY

Making sense of the forces driving global markets

By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist

Many world markets took a breather on Monday as investors awaited the outcome of U.S. President Donald Trump’s extraordinary meetings with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy and many European leaders, and looked ahead to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s keynote speech in Jackson Hole later in the week.

More on that below. In my column today I ask whether U.S. consumer spending can be sustained, which would keep the economy growing and steer it away from recession. Much will depend on how the rich feel about their finances.

If you have more time to read, here are a few articles I recommend to help you make sense of what happened in markets today.

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