Jay Woods , who has spent more than three decades on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, discusses what the pros are watching in the markets this week. From a big-picture standpoint, Woods will be watching Friday's consumer price index report, delayed a week by the government shutdown but still a closely watched economic and policy data point. Woods sees any annual inflation rate running higher than the 3.1% consensus as having the potential to "change the narrative" for the Federal Reserve, which is expected to announce a quarter percentage point rate cut at next week's meeting. Outside of that, the chief market strategist at Freedom Capital Markets will be watching: Big defense stocks that will be reporting earnings Friday. As sector play, he is looking at the iShares U.S. Aerospac
What traders at the NYSE are watching this week, including CPI and this price level on Tesla

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