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Abbreviated holiday schedule sets tone for markets this week
Holiday trading conditions will reduce market activity this week, but investors remain focused on inflation, GDP, and labor data shaping late-2025 positioning.
Trading desks head into the final full week of 2025 facing a holiday shortened schedule that is expected to limit liquidity and dampen volatility. U.S. markets will close early at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday for Christmas Eve and remain shut on Thursday for Christmas Day, before reopening Friday. Despite lighter participation, investors will track key data including Core PCE inflation, GDP revisions, consumer confidence, durable goods orders, and jobless claims as year end positioning takes shape.