Highlights
Markets remain largely on hold awaiting news from the US-Iran war where the standoff over rival blockades in the Strait of Hormuz continues and a kind of ceasefire continues. A report Friday that Pakistan is expecting an Iranian delegation to arrive soon in Islamabad for talks has captured attention as all wonder whether Vice President JD Vance and his US colleagues are heading over too. A naval blockade is an act of war, by the way.
In scheduled macroeconomic news, the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment report is due at 10 am ET. Expectations for the consumer sentiment index look for a modest uptick to 48.0 in the final April report from a shockingly low 47.6 in the preliminary April report. That would still be way down from an already recessionary 53.3 in March. Consumers are showing they are not happy about rising prices flowing from the Iran situation.
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Market Focus details key factors in the coming day that will impact the economic outlook and the financial markets. These include central bank events, economic indicators, policymaker speeches as well as expected political and corporate developments.
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