by Calculated Risk on 10/15/2023 07:00:00 PM

Weekend:
• Schedule for Week of October 15, 2023

Monday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The New York Fed Empire State manufacturing survey for October. The consensus is for a reading of -1.5, down from 1.9.

From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 futures are up 4 and DOW futures are up 27 (fair value).

Oil prices were up over the last week with WTI futures at $87.69 per barrel and Brent at $90.89 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $86, and Brent was at $92 - so WTI oil prices were up slightly year-over-year.

Here is a graph from Gasbuddy.com for nationwide gasoline prices. Nationally prices are at $3.56 per gallon. A year ago, prices were at $3.87 per gallon, so gasoline prices are down $0.31 year-over-year.