Investors Eye Earnings and Fed Signals, Wall Street Remains Quiet.

Wall Street's main indexes were little changed on Monday as investors awaited more bank earnings and views from Federal Reserve policymakers that could provide cues on when the central bank will pause its monetary tightening. While banking heavyweights including JP Morgan Chase & Co reaped windfalls from higher interest payments, focus will be on smaller banks that were at the center of last month's banking turmoil and forecasts from companies amid recession worries. Analysts expect profits at S&P 500 companies to have declined 4.8% in the first quarter of 2023 from the year-earlier period, according to Refinitiv data, a slight improvement from last week's forecast of a 5.2% decline.