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US stock futures (ES=F, NQ=F, YM=F) pull back from this morning's session highs as Wall Street digests weekly jobs claims data and December's retail sales, which missed estimates of 0.6% and rose by only 0.4% month-over-month.
Earnings season keeps on rolling for the financials sector, with major banks Morgan Stanley (MS) and Bank of America (BAC) reporting their fourth quarter results Thursday morning. Read up on Big Bank earnings as the industry looks ahead to the incoming Trump administration in the latest Morning Brief column.
Lastly, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of the US Department of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, will be heading to Capitol Hill today to face questioning by lawmakers as part of his confirmation hearing. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Ma.) has reportedly prepped over 180 questions for Bessent ahead of Bessent's confirmation vote.
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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.