US stocks opened the week with gains on Monday, recovering from last Friday’s heavy sell-off triggered by weak labor data and renewed trade tensions. All three

This marked a reversal from recent weakness as renewed hope for a rate cut sooner rather than later offset fear of what a softening labor market means for the broader economy. The question for the September 16-17 Federal Open Market Committee meeting is now not so much if the central bank will make a move but how big the next Fed rate cut will be.