Wall Street’s major averages were slightly lower on Monday as investors shift their focus to a wave of retail earnings and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s upcoming speech at the Jackson Hole symposium later this week.

What will Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signal about interest rates at this year's Jackson Hole gathering? The central-bank gathering has sometimes been a venue for marking shifts in Fed policy,

Wall Street's main indexes were subdued on Monday, in a quiet start to a week packed with corporate earnings reports from major retailers and the Federal Reserve's annual symposium in Jackson Hole. Investors also remained wary ahead of a meeting between U.