Shutdown End Will Give Stocks a Lift. These Two Things Could Halt the Rally.

U.S. stocks are on pace for another year of solid gains heading into the final weeks of 2025 but must first navigate a deluge of economic data and a still-uncertain Federal Reserve rate decision before extending the current bull market. Weekly jobless claims updates, as well as the monthly JOLTs reports on labor market turnover, also haven’t been published since late September.