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Benzinga Market Primer: Wednesday, July 31: Futures Higher Heading Into FOMC Decision
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 6:33am | 1334Futures Higher Heading Into FOMC Decision, Second Quarter GDP U.S. equity futures rose slightly in early pre-market trade ahead of some key economic data from around the world. Also, the FOMC rate decision is due out today after the first look at second quarter GDP but there will be no press...
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Weekly Preview: Earnings Season Continues, Fed In Focus, Economic Maelstrom Expected
Friday, July 26, 2013 - 4:05pm | 2337Weekly Preview: Earnings Season Continues, Fed In Focus, Economic Maelstrom Expected Next week, earnings season continues with hundreds of companies set to report earnings. Also, there is a flood of economic data due out in the next week from around the world. Further, the Federal Reserve, the...
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Benzinga Market Primer: Tuesday, April 30
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 6:38am | 1124Futures Flat on Mixed Economic Data U.S. equity futures traded little changed in early pre-market trade following mixed global economic data. Mixed data out of Japan was followed by a flood of data out of Europe which continued to point to room for the European Central Bank to ease policy further...
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British Manufacturing PMI Drops To 49.0 In August
Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 4:48am | 38British manufacturing purchasing managers index dropped to a 26-month low in August. The Markit/CIPS purchasing managers index for the sector declined to 49.0, versus a revised reading of 49.4 in July. However, economists were expecting an August reading of 48.5