by Calculated Risk on 9/29/2019 08:43:00 PM

Weekend:
• Schedule for Week of September 29, 2019

• Sept 2019: Unofficial Problem Bank list decreased to 74 Institutions, Q3 2019 Transition Matrix

Monday:
• At 9:45 AM ET, Chicago Purchasing Managers Index for September. The consensus is for a reading of 50.4, unchanged from 50.4 in August.

• At 10:30 AM, Dallas Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for September. This is the last of the Fed regional manufacturing surveys for September.

From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures: S&P 500 are up 8 and DOW futures are up 64 (fair value).

Oil prices were down over the last week with WTI futures at $56.07 per barrel and Brent at $62.12 barrel.  A year ago, WTI was at $73, and Brent was at $83 - so oil prices are down about 25% year-over-year.

Here is a graph from Gasbuddy.com for nationwide gasoline prices. Nationally prices are at $2.64 per gallon. A year ago prices were at $2.87 per gallon, so gasoline prices are down 23 cents year-over-year.