by Calculated Risk on 1/05/2025 08:04:00 PM

Weekend:
• Schedule for Week of January 5, 2025

• Question #2 for 2025: How much will job growth slow in 2025? Or will the economy lose jobs?

• Question #1 for 2025: How much will the economy grow in 2025? Will there be a recession in 2025?

Monday:
• No major economic releases scheduled.

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

Oil prices were up over the last week with WTI futures at $73.99 per barrel and Brent at $76.46 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $74, and Brent was at $78 - so WTI oil prices are unchanged year-over-year.

Here is a graph from Gasbuddy.com for nationwide gasoline prices. Nationally prices are at $3.03 per gallon. A year ago, prices were at $3.06 per gallon, so gasoline prices are down $0.03 year-over-year.