by Calculated Risk on 5/22/2022 07:26:00 PM

Weekend:
• Schedule for Week of May 22, 2022

• Quarterly Starts by Purpose and Design: "Built for rent" Increasing

Monday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, Chicago Fed National Activity Index for April. This is a composite index of other data.

From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 are up 33 and DOW futures are up 200 (fair value).

Oil prices were down over the last week with WTI futures at $110.28 per barrel and Brent at $112.55 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $66 and Brent was at $69 - so WTI oil prices are up about 70% year-over-year.

Here is a graph from Gasbuddy.com for nationwide gasoline prices. Nationally prices are at $4.58 per gallon. A year ago prices were at $3.02 per gallon, so gasoline prices are up $1.56 per gallon year-over-year.