by Calculated Risk on 8/28/2016 08:02:00 PM
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Monday: Personal Income and Outlays
Weekend:
• Schedule for Week of Aug 28, 2016
Monday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, Personal Income and Outlays for July. The consensus is for a 0.4% increase in personal income, and for a 0.3% increase in personal spending. And for the Core PCE price index to increase 0.1%.
• At 10:30 AM, Dallas Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for August.
From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures: S&P and DOW futures are mostly unchanged (fair value).
Oil prices were down over the last week with WTI futures at $47.14 per barrel and Brent at $49.46 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $45, and Brent was at $48 - so prices are mostly unchanged year-over-year.
Here is a graph from Gasbuddy.com for nationwide gasoline prices. Nationally prices are at $2.21 per gallon (down about $0.30 per gallon from a year ago).