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US index futures are lower this morning as investors wait to hear news on both consumer confidence and house prices. The S&P Case-Schiller housing price index is due at 9 a.m. ET, and the Conference...
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US index futures are down this morning on a pile of discouraging news from Europe and Asia. This week’s report on new US unemployment benefits claims might pick up the mood if the numbers are...
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US index futures are lower this morning as investors wait to hear the data on US housing starts in February. A consensus estimate calls for an annualized adjusted figure of 706,000, up from 699,000...
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US index futures are higher this morning as investors wait for a slew of data including the report on new unemployment benefits claims and two reports on manufacturing growth. In Europe, yields on...
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US index futures are sinking this morning as markets react to yesterday’s news that the eurozone economy is contracting and that global growth is slowing down. US factory orders reported a decline...
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US index futures are higher this morning as investors await still more data on the US economy. Yesterday’s report on GDP growth will be followed today by the ISM manufacturing data and a report on...
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US index futures are higher this morning following the lead of both European and Asian marketsd which also moved higher today. In Europe, energy and financial stocks are leading the morning’s...
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US index futures are lower this morning, as exchanges in Europe and Asia are all trading down. In Europe, Greece is not responding well to more pressure from Germany, which seems to be saying it...
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US index futures are higher this morning following on expectations of continuing improvement in the US economic picture. The employment report from ADP shows new job gains of 170,000 in January,...
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US index futures are slightly higher this morning, but they have been losing ground steadily. In Europe, yields on Spanish bonds are up again, which combines an ever stronger belief that additional...
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US index futures are trending higher this morning following a better-than-expected report from Germany’s Ifo Institute on that country’s business index and expectations that US jobless claims...
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US index futures are moving down this morning as investors wait for the report from the US Commerce Department on factory orders. Economists expect a gain of 1.5% in orders. This afternoon the FOMC...
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US index futures are slightly lower this morning, returning to their early morning behavior before yesterday. Observers now think that the Greek debt swap deal will get done just in time to meet a...
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US index futures are very slightly lower this morning as markets await the US report on non-farm payrolls. The consensus estimate is that 210,000 jobs were added in February. In Europe, the Greek...
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US index futures are down again this morning as investors continue to react negatively to rising yields on Spanish and Italian bonds. The US Labor Department will report on new claims for...
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