Market Multiple Chart
What’s in Today’s Report:
- Market Multiple Chart
- EIA Analysis and Oil Update
- What Yesterday’s Jobs Numbers Mean for Today’s Report (and the Market Reaction)
Futures are little changed ahead of this morning’s jobs report and following a mostly quiet night of news.
Economic data was mixed overnight as the UK Construction PMI beat estimates while Euro Zone Retail Sales missed, but neither number is moving markets.
Infrastructure “chatter” about a potential $1 trillion compromise is getting louder, but markets remain skeptical about an infrastructure deal anytime soon.
Focus today will be on the Jobs Report and expectations are as follows: Job Adds 645K, UE Rate 5.9%, Wages 0.2% m/m). Thursday’s strong employment data (ADP and claims) makes the market more sensitive to a “Too Hot” report (and potentially less dovish Fed) than it was on Wednesday, but the bottom line is that a number near either extreme (900k or 300k) will likely cause at least a temporary market headwind.
Also, Fed Chair Powell is speaking at a Bank of International Settlements Climate panel right now, but that shouldn’t move markets.
