{"id":67989,"date":"2023-05-15T09:03:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/?p=67989"},"modified":"2023-05-15T09:03:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:03:05","slug":"coffee-with-greta-debt-ceiling-talks-make-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/2023\/05\/15\/coffee-with-greta-debt-ceiling-talks-make-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee With Greta: Debt Ceiling Talks Make Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>DJIA Futures: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+58 (+0.2%)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>SPX Futures: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+9 (+0.2%)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>NASDAQ Futures: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+30 (0.2%)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good morning friends!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Futures are higher amid optimism over debt ceiling talks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s get right to it!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Debt Ceiling Negotiations Continue<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Biden is expected to meet on Tuesday with the big four Congressional leaders about the debt ceiling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources say there were \u201cproductive\u201d staff-level negotiations over the weekend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This comes after Friday\u2019s meeting was postponed in order to provide more time for lower-level talks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Treasury Secretary says the U.S. is facing a June 1 default deadline to raise the debt limit.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big Retail Earnings Week<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will be an important week to help traders gauge the health of the U.S. consumer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several big retailers are scheduled to report Q1 results this week:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday: <\/span><b>Home Depot <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(HD)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday:<\/span><b> Target <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(TGT)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday: <\/span><b>Walmart <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(WMT)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These reports will give traders more insight into how consumers have been shifting their spending habits amid high inflation and ahead of an expected recession.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atlanta Fed President Says No Rate Cuts<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic says he doesn\u2019t see any rate cuts happening in 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bostic told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/05\/15\/feds-bostic-casts-doubt-on-rate-cuts-this-year-even-if-theres-a-recession.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CNBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this morning, \u201cFor me, inflation is job No. 1. We\u2019ve got to get back to our target. If there\u2019s going to be some cost to that, we\u2019ve got to be willing to do that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added, \u201cIf there\u2019s going to be a bias to action, for me would be a bias to increase a little further as opposed to cut.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But CME Group\u2019s FedWatch Tool still shows the market pricing in as many as 3 cuts by year-end.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Empire State Manufacturing Index Plummets<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A key manufacturing gauge plummeted in May.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Empire State\u2019s manufacturing index plunged 42.6 points to negative 31.8.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That was sharply lower than expectations for a reading of negative 5 and reversed the gain seen in April.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shipments index plunged 40.3 points to negative 16.4 and unfilled orders fell 13.2 points to negative 13.2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the six-month expectations index improved by 3.2 points to 9.8.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DJIA Futures: +58 (+0.2%) SPX Futures: +9 (+0.2%) NASDAQ Futures: +30 (0.2%) Good morning friends! Futures are higher amid optimism over debt ceiling talks. Let\u2019s get right to it! Debt Ceiling Negotiations Continue President Biden is expected to meet on Tuesday with the big four Congressional leaders about the debt ceiling.\u00a0 Sources say there were \u201cproductive\u201d staff-level negotiations over the weekend.\u00a0 This comes after Friday\u2019s meeting was postponed in order to provide more time for lower-level talks.\u00a0 The Treasury Secretary says the U.S. is facing a June 1 default deadline to raise the debt limit. Big Retail Earnings Week This will be an important week to help traders gauge the health of the U.S. consumer.\u00a0 Several big retailers are scheduled to report Q1 results this week: Tuesday: Home Depot (HD)\u00a0 Wednesday: Target (TGT) Thursday: Walmart (WMT) These reports will give traders more insight into how consumers have been shifting their spending habits amid high inflation and ahead of an expected recession.\u00a0 Atlanta Fed President Says No Rate Cuts Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic says he doesn\u2019t see any rate cuts happening in 2023.\u00a0 Bostic told CNBC this morning, \u201cFor me, inflation is job No. 1. We\u2019ve got to get back to our target. If there\u2019s going to be some cost to that, we\u2019ve got to be willing to do that.\u201d He added, \u201cIf there\u2019s going to be a bias to action, for me would be a bias to increase a little further as opposed to cut.\u201d But CME Group\u2019s FedWatch Tool still shows the market pricing in as many as 3 cuts by year-end. Empire State Manufacturing Index Plummets A key manufacturing gauge plummeted in May.\u00a0 The Empire State\u2019s manufacturing index plunged 42.6 points to negative 31.8.\u00a0 That was sharply lower than expectations for a reading of negative 5 and reversed the gain seen in April.\u00a0 The shipments index plunged 40.3 points to negative 16.4 and unfilled orders fell 13.2 points to negative 13.2. 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