07:09 AM EDT, 07/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity investors will be focusing on tariff headlines from Washington this week as a July 9 deadline to finalize trade deals with the Trump administration approaches.

* The Trump administration's previously announced 90-day pause on tariffs is set to end on Wednesday.

* "We'll be sending letters out on Monday, having to do with the trade deals," the president told reporters over the weekend. "So we're going to have a combination of letters, and some deals have been made."

* "I think we'll have most countries done by July 9, yeah. Either a letter or a deal," Trump said.

* Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet Trump at the White House Monday evening, where the two leaders are expected to agree on a peace plan for Gaza, media outlets reported.

* The policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee is scheduled to release the minutes from its latest meeting on Wednesday.

* The weekly jobless claims report is due for release on Thursday, with analysts expecting initial claims to rise to 235,000 for the week ended July 5 from 233,000 previously, according to estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

* Earnings due this week include Delta Air Lines ( DAL ) , Conagra Brands ( CAG ) , and Levi Strauss (LEVI).