U.S. stock futures pointed to a cautious start for Monday, as investors looked ahead to important Federal Reserve lending data, while regional banks continued to rise in premarket trading.How are stock-index futures trading? On Friday, the... U.S. stock futures pointed to a cautious start for Monday, as investors looked ahead to important Federal Reserve lending data, while regional banks continued to rise in premarket trading.
“Given current economic uncertainty, recent volatility in the banking sector and potential changes in regulatory capital requirements, we view reducing the dividend as a prudent step to accelerate our plans to build capital to CET1 of 10%+,” said CEO Paul Taylor in a statement. The first quarter Fed Senior Loan Survey is due at 2 p.m. Eastern, which may show credit conditions tightening further, with market observers also keeping an eye on the availability and cost of credit.And: Warren Buffett weighs in on bank woes, A.I., oil, Apple and other hot topics: live blog recap
“The expectation is that the U.S. core inflation may have eased from 5.6% to 5.5% in April, headline figure may have steadied around 5% but the monthly headline figure may have ticked from 0.1% to 0.4% due to the jump in energy prices after OPEC cut production. Any upside surprise in inflation figures would bring the Fed hawks back to the market and help scale back the Fed cut expectations,” Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote Bank, said in a note to clients.