February 5th Headlines

by Jason Haley | Feb 5, 2019 | Beyond the Headlines

It’s another quiet morning in the broad financial markets. Most Asian markets remained closed today on holiday. Treasury prices are slightly higher across the curve, and S&P 500 futures are up 6 points. With no major news stories or economic data on the forefront this week, there is a bit more market attention given to President Trump’s State of the Union address tonight, but it shouldn’t have too much impact either way. There are no Fed speakers on today’s schedule, but Powell (Chair) and Quarles (Vice Chair for Supervision) will be speaking at separate events tomorrow.

Jason Haley
Managing Director, Investment Management Group

Date Time	Event	Survey	Actual	Prior	Revised
2/4/2019	Factory Orders Released Live on Web
2/4/2019	Factory Orders	0.30%	-0.60%	-2.10%	—
2/4/2019	Factory Orders Ex Trans	—	-1.30%	0.30%	0.20%
2/4/2019	Durable Goods Orders	1.50%	0.70%	0.80%	—
2/4/2019	Durables Ex Transportation	0.00%	-0.40%	-0.30%	—
2/4/2019	Cap Goods Orders Nondef Ex Air	-0.10%	-0.60%	-0.60%	—
2/4/2019	Cap Goods Ship Nondef Ex Air	0.00%	-0.20%	-0.10%	—
2/5/2019	Markit US Services PMI	54.2	—	54.2	—
2/5/2019	Markit US Composite PMI	—	—	54.5	—
2/5/2019	ISM Non-Manufacturing Index	57.1	—	57.6	58
2/6/2019	MBA Mortgage Applications	—	—	-3.00%	—
2/6/2019	Trade Balance Released Live on the Web
2/6/2019	Trade Balance	-$54.0b	—	-$55.5b	—
2/6/2019	Productivity Release with Limited Data Due to Shutdown
2/7/2019	Initial Jobless Claims	220k	—	253k	—
2/7/2019	Continuing Claims	1733k	—	1782k	—
2/7/2019	Bloomberg Jan. United States Economic Survey
2/7/2019	Bloomberg Consumer Comfort	—	—	57.4	—
2/7/2019	Consumer Credit	$17.000b	—	$22.149b	—

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