Flu.Watch - Influenza News and Updates
Reports on the Coronavirus and Influenza Around the World
  • Home
  • Updates
Navigation:Main Page > Updates > Stock futures slip as Wall Street awaits speech from Fed’s Powell

Breaking News

More countries suspend AstraZeneca vaccinations over blood clot fears: What we know so far
Hungary Pays $36 Per Dose for Chinese Vaccine
Canada vaccine panel recommends 4 months between COVID doses
Emergent BioSolutions says it can make 1 billion Covid vaccine doses annually

Updates

Stock futures slip as Wall Street awaits speech from Fed’s Powell

EditorCNBCAugust 27, 2020

 

Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes slipped during the overnight session Wednesday evening as Wall Street turned its attention to an upcoming address from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

Dow futures lost 25 points, pointing to a muted move when regular equity trading resumes Thursday morning. Both S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures ticked lower, each pointing to flat opens.

Thursday’s trading is likely to be driven in large part by comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who is expected at 9:10 a.m. ET to introduce a new pandemic-era tool to combat the economic impact of Covid-19 and foster inflation in the U.S. The Fed’s annual symposium will be held virtually this year instead of the usual locale of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

The central bank has for years tried to keep inflation at 2%, a rate of price increase that policymakers consider both manageable and …continued .
[Source: CNBC News]

Related Posts

More countries suspend AstraZeneca vaccinations over blood clot fears: What we know so far

Updates /

More countries suspend AstraZeneca vaccinations over blood clot fears: What we know so far

Hungary Pays $36 Per Dose for Chinese Vaccine

Updates /

Hungary Pays $36 Per Dose for Chinese Vaccine

Canada vaccine panel recommends 4 months between COVID doses

Updates /

Canada vaccine panel recommends 4 months between COVID doses

‹ Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle took a 2-day trip to Paris that cost taxpayers at least $64,000› Coronavirus live updates: Abbott Labs’ $5 rapid test gets approval; 5 states paying $300 unemployment boost
April 2021
MTWTFSS
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930 
« Mar  

Flu Watch Monthly Archives

  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020

Browse by Popular Tag

Business InsiderBuzzFeedCBS NewsCenters for Disease Control and PreventionCNBCCNNFox NewsHuffington PostNew York TimesThe GuardianWashington PostWorld Health OrganizationYahoo News

Back to Top

  • Main Page
  • Updates
  • DMCA / Copyright
(c) 2020 Flu.Watch