Market Multiple Table: May Update
What’s in Today’s Report:
- Market Multiple Table – May Update (Unbranded PDF Available on Request)
- Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey
Stock futures are lower this morning after soft economic data overseas and growing angst about the debt ceiling.
Chinese merchandise trade data for April revealed a -7.9% drop in imports vs. (E) -0.2% which has poured some cold water on hopes for a strong recovery in the world’s second largest economy.
In the U.S., the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index came in at 89.0 vs. (E) 89.7 for the month of April but the release is not materially moving markets this morning. There are no additional economic reports today.
There are two Fed officials scheduled to speak today: Jefferson (8:30 a.m. ET) and Williams (12:05 p.m. ET) as well as a 3-Yr Treasury Note auction at 1:00 p.m. ET, all of which have the potential to impact markets in intraday trade.
With increasing focus on the debt ceiling, investors will be keenly focused on today’s meeting between President Biden and Congressional leadership as hopes for a delay to September are building and any disappointment of those hopes could result in volatility across asset classes.
