by Calculated Risk on 12/15/2024 07:15:00 PM

Weekend:
• Schedule for Week of December 15, 2024

Monday:
• 8:30 AM: The New York Fed Empire State manufacturing survey for December. The consensus is for a reading of 5.8, down from 31.2.

From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 and DOW futures are mostly unchanged (fair value).

Oil prices were up over the last week with WTI futures at $71.12 per barrel and Brent at $74.41 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $71, and Brent was at $77 - so WTI oil prices are unchanged year-over-year.

Here is a graph from Gasbuddy.com for nationwide gasoline prices. Nationally prices are at $2.98 per gallon. A year ago, prices were at $3.04 per gallon, so gasoline prices are down $0.06 year-over-year.