The US JOLTS report on job openings, hires and separations will attract attention today as investors watch for signs hiring is suffering from the strain of uncertainty around tariffs, DOGE and other policies. Econoday consensus expectations for job openings call for a decline to a 7.100 million rate for April. Openings fell unexpectedly to 7.192 million in March from 7.480 million in February. JOLTS is due at 10 am ET.

Of course, everyone is on high alert for news as the White House presses for trade talks between Chinese President Xi and President Trump. The two sides have been trading charges that the other violated the terms of their April trade truce. The White House announced Monday the two leaders would talk this week but China appears to be in no hurry. Separately, investor concern over the trade war was aggravated over the weekend after Trump announced he would double taxes on aluminum and steel imports to 50 percent.

Market Focus details key factors in the coming day that will impact the economic outlook and the financial markets. These include central bank events, economic indicators, policymaker speeches as well as expected political and corporate developments.

Keeping up-to-date with event schedules and the economic calendar is key to understanding the global financial system. Econoday's Market Focus allows investors and policymakers to carefully track what will be making news and moving the financial markets in the coming day.