Wall Street is set to open higher Thursday, with Nasdaq futures especially strong after robust earnings from Apple and Facebook sent those stocks sharply higher in the premarket.
Those economic data points come one day after the Federal Reserve held the line on near zero interest rates and asset purchases.
We are ready for stores to open, for businesses to open, offices, theaters, full strength,” de Blasio said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” The city as of Wednesday had administered more than 6 million doses of Covid vaccines, with roughly 36% of the city’s adult population fully vaccinated.
Initial jobless claims totaled 553,000, higher than expected, but a new low all the way back to the week ending March 14, 2020.
Tech earnings continue to roll in as Amazon and Twitter lead Thursday’s after the bell list, one day after Apple and Facebook blew past quarterly profit and revenue expectations.
In his first address to a joint session of Congress, Biden on Wednesday night declared that “America is rising anew” and unveiled a $1.8 trillion proposal to invest in children, families and education.