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What’s in Today’s Report:
- Powell Speech Preview: Good, Bad & Ugly
- EIA Update and Oil Market Analysis
Futures are slightly higher following a quiet night of news as investors await Fed Chair Powell’s speech later today.
Earnings overnight were mixed with TSLA (down 5% after hours) missing estimates while NFLX (up 14% after hours) posted strong results.
Today will be a very busy day of data and Fed speak. The key event today is Powell’s speech at noon, and to keep things simple, if Powell repeats the sentiment that the spike in Treasury yields has done the Fed’s job for it and, as such, another rate hike is unlikely, that should be positive for stocks and bonds. If he does not repeat that sentiment and leaves the door open for another hike in 2023, that will be a negative.
Outside of Powell, we get several important economic reports today including: Jobless Claims (E: 211K), Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing (E: -7.0) and Existing Home Sales (E: 3.900M) and markets will want to see Goldilocks data to support a bounce.
Back to the Fed, there are multiple speakers today other than Powell, including Jefferson (9:00 a.m. ET), Goolsbee (1:20 p.m. ET), Barr (1:30 p.m. ET), Bostic (4:00 p.m. ET); Harker (5:30 p.m. ET) and Logan (7:00 p.m. ET) although their comments will be overshadowed by Powell, so they shouldn’t move markets.
Finally, earnings continue and important reports today include: T ($0.63), TSM (1.16), AAL (0.26), WAL ($1.91) and CSX ($0.42).
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