in joumanna bercetche who joins us live. good morning. stocks are on the upside. we saw green on the board as we kick off the final trading day in august. what are the expectations on wall street today? good morning, jon. the dow ended the session up 0.7% higher than nasdaq, almost 1%. today all futures are seen opening up in positive territory, this as the markets digest the commentary we got from fed chair jerome powell at the sidelines of the jackson hole symposium. he s saying the fed are prepared to raise rates if appropriate and they re still where policies makers feel comfortable. but he also said they re in restrictive territory and will proceed cautiously going forward. this week is a huge week in terms of f data. we get pce price index, personal