U.S. indexes closed higher for a second straight day even as Fed chair Jerome Powell doubled down on his hawkish stance. But could next week’s CPI report signal more aggressive rate hikes are still to come? Plus junk bond defaults are on the rise. What kind of signal is this sending for where the economy is going next?

Stocks started the week with another set of losses with the Nasdaq closing out its longest losing streak since 2016. So have we officially put the late-summer rally to bed? Plus the energy crisis in Europe is getting more dire. We dig into the ripple effects across the globe.