The Latest Breaking News from Chicago Fed

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.12%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.13%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.08%. Stocks are slightly higher, with the Nasdaq 100 climbing...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Friday closed down -0.29%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.55%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.35%. Stock indexes Friday closed moderately lower, with the Dow...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday closed up +0.88%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.11%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IU XX) (QQQ ) closed up +2.46%. Stock indexes Wednesday settled mixed, with the Nasdaq 100...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.63%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.16%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +1.98%. U.S. stocks this morning are mixed, with the Nasdaq...

Morning Markets June E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESM2 3) this morning are up +0.87%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM2 3) are up +2.28%. U.S. stock index futures this morning are moderately higher except for Nasdaq futures which are sharply higher due to a more than +25% surge in...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Tuesday closed down -0.63%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -1.01%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IU ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.09%. Stock indexes Tuesday settled mixed, with the Dow Jones...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Tuesday rose by +0.12%. The dollar saw support from stronger-than-expected U.S. manufacturing production and NAHB housing reports, which pushed T-note yields higher. In addition, hawkish Fed comments Tuesday from Chicago Fed President Goolsbee and Richmond Fed President Barkin gave the dollar a boost. Weakness...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Tuesday closed unchanged, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.29%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.67%. Stock indexes Tuesday settled mixed, with the Dow Jones Industrials...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Tuesday fell by -0.37%. Dovish Fed comments Tuesday from Chicago Fed President Goolsbee and New York Fed President Williams weighed on the dollar. Also, strength in the euro weighed on the dollar Tuesday after a gauge of Eurozone investor confidence rose more than expected....

WASHINGTON — The search firm hired by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to help find a new president includes among its executives the wife of Austan Goolsbee, the person ultimately picked for the role.

White House officials have reached out to a key Democratic ally in the Senate to discuss filling the vacant role of Fed vice chair, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee is under consideration for the post.