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Weekly Market Recap: Friday, August 28, 2026
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Week Ahead: Monday, August 31, 2026 to Friday, September 4, 2026 — Market Analysis
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Week Ahead: Monday, August 31, 2026 to Friday, September 4, 2026
StockCram Editorial16 min readA jobs report, the Iran oil situation, and tail-end tech earnings collide this week—and they pull markets in different directions.
Week of Monday, August 31, 2026 - Friday, September 4, 2026
Key Themes This Week
- •The ongoing Strait of Hormuz disruption remains the week's dominant backdrop, with Iran and Oman in talks while oil prices hover near $83-88 per barrel—six months after the conflict began
- •August employment data on Friday caps a week of labor-market releases including JOLTS and ADP, coming after July's weak 23,000 payroll decline and following Fed Chair Warsh's hawkish Jackson Hole remarks
- •Canada's retaliatory tariffs on $19.9 billion of U.S. goods take effect September 8, and markets will position ahead of the Labor Day weekend deadline
Week at a Glance
monday
Markets return from the weekend digesting Fed Chair Warsh's ...
tuesday
Data-heavy day with ISM Manufacturing PMI and JOLTS Job Open...
Major Events
HighTuesday, September 1
ISM Manufacturing PMI
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HighTuesday, September 1
JOLTS Job Openings
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