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good morning. Are you having trouble finding a job? You might want to look in Nevada. The Silver State saw its workforce increase by 1.9% from April 2025 to April 2026, the highest of any U.S. state.
Stock futures are rising this morning. The three major indexes ended the week on a strong note.
Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.
1. Transaction progress
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance (left) speaks alongside Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (center) and Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani at the start of the quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne in Switzerland on June 21. In 2026, as part of high-level talks aimed at promoting an agreement to end the conflict in the Middle East.
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Mediators Qatar and Pakistan announced on Monday that the United States and Iran had made “encouraging progress” toward a final agreement within 60 days, following negotiations in Switzerland. The agreed roadmap includes efforts to end hostilities in Lebanon, and both parties agreed to establish a “high-level committee” to oversee further negotiations.
Here’s what you need to know:
Progress toward a final deal came despite President Donald Trump’s threat to “severely attack Iran again” if it “doesn’t stop its highly paid proxies in Lebanon from stirring up trouble.” Vice President J.D. Vance, speaking from Switzerland this morning, said Iran has agreed to allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to return to Iran. Oil tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has increased since the United States and Iran began reopening shipping lanes last week, but Iran announced Saturday that the passage had been closed again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon. Oil prices are falling this morning after a mediator announced that the US and Iran have agreed to a roadmap to reach a final deal. Follow us here for live market updates.
2. Greenspan dies at age 100
Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has died of complications from Parkinson’s disease, his wife announced Monday. He was 100 years old.
During his 19-year tenure as central bank leader, Greenspan led the Fed through the 1987 Black Monday crash, two recessions, the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and the dot-com boom and bust. The so-called “maestro” famously shocked the market in 1996 by warning of investors’ “irrational exuberance,” but the bubble burst five years later.
Read Greenspan’s full obituary here.
3. Starmer resigns
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves Downing Street in London, England, on February 2, 2026.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced this morning that he is resigning as Labor Party leader and Prime Minister. The announcement, made by Mr Starmer in a statement outside 10 Downing Street, follows Labour’s poor performance in recent local elections, as well as months of internal turmoil within the party over fiscal policy, welfare reform and Mr Starmer’s appointment of Jeffrey Epstein’s colleagues.
Starmer’s successor will be the seventh prime minister in the nearly 10 years since Britain voted to leave the European Union. Following his victory in last week’s special election, Labor’s former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham confirmed on Monday that he will stand for the party leadership. Mr Starmer said he would remain in office until a successor is formally chosen.
4. Tackle the mission
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh holds a press conference after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
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Fed watchers got their first glimpse of policy meetings under Chairman Kevin Warsh last week. As CNBC’s Jeff Cox writes, Warsh introduced the central bank’s regime change plan with a much softer touch than expected.
Fed supporters see Mr. Warsh’s task force as an ambitious campaign to reevaluate nearly every part of the central bank’s policy-making process, but his remarks last week showed little of the harsh language he has previously used to describe the central bank.
The central bank, along with investors, will closely monitor May’s core consumer spending report on Thursday, which has taken on added significance following last week’s Fed meeting.
5. To infinity
This is also from the Pixar movie “Toy Story 5”.
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disney And Pixar’s “Toy Story 5” brought in $160 million at the US box office during its opening weekend. As CNBC’s Sarah Witten reports, this will be the biggest debut in Toy Story history.
The film became the second-highest debut animated film in 2018, following “Incredibles 2,” which grossed more than $182 million at the box office.
According to EntTelligence, approximately 11.5 million theatergoers saw the film over the weekend. More than a quarter of the total audience splurged on premium large-format screenings, which come at a hefty price.
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Here’s what we’re monitoring this week:
Tuesday: fedex Earnings (after the bell) Wednesday: micron Earnings (after the bell) Thursday: Darden Restaurants Financial results (after the bell), May personal consumption expenditure data Friday: June consumer sentiment data
—CNBC’s Anniek Bao, Spencer Kimball, Yun Li, Sean Conlon, Hugh Leask, Marty Steinberg, Jeff Cox, Sarah Min and Sarah Whitten contributed to this report. Josephine Rozzelle edited this version.
