Legacy Thread

[basserdan]

Today's Economic Calendar
8:30 Initial Jobless Claims
8:30 Productivity and Costs
9:45 Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
10:00 Quarterly Services Report
10:30 EIA Natural Gas Inventory
11:00 EIA Petroleum Inventories
12:15 PM Fed's Mester: Monetary Policy and Economic Outlook
7:00 PM Fed's Bostic Speech
7:00 PM Fed's Dudley: Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy
7:00 PM Fed's George: Economic Outlook

Today's Markets
In Asia, Japan +0.2%. Hong Kong -0.3%. China -0.6%. India flat.
In Europe, at midday, London +0.5%. Paris +0.9%. Frankfurt +1%.
Futures at 6:20, Dow -0.2%. S&P flat. Nasdaq +0.2%. Crude -0.4% to $48.97. Gold +0.4% to $1344.10.
Ten-year Treasury Yield -2 bps to 2.08%






A monster named Irma is nearing
With many Floridians fearing
Ignore liberal mayors
It's time to say prayers
And all of Miami start clearing

Florida is about to get blasted
As Irma is being fore casted
Fill up your tank
Run by the bank
But she can't beat how long Harvey lasted

- The limerick King