Список проголосовавших за комментарий " <table class="BriefingDataTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td class="tickerColumn"> </td> <td class="articleColumn">S&P futures vs fair value: -5.30. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: -13.50.<p>After closing flat following yesterday's Fed statement, U.S. equity futures are pointing to a modestly lower open this morning. The S&P 500 futures trade five points below fair value, indicating a 0.2% decline at the open.</p><p>U.S. Treasuries currently hold slim gains, trading near their overnight highs. The benchmark 10-yr yield is one basis point lower at 2.47%. </p><p>Crude oil posts a modest gain this morning, looking for its third consecutive win. The energy component is currently up 0.3% at $54.07/bbl as the latest crude oil narrative suggests that OPEC/non-OPEC supply cuts have outweighed an uptick in U.S. production.</p><p>Today's economic data will include Initial Claims (Briefing.com consensus 250k) and fourth quarter Productivity (Briefing.com consensus 1.0%). Both reports will cross the wires at 8:30 am ET.</p><p>In U.S. corporate news:</p><ul><li><strong>Facebook</strong> (FB 134.99, +1.76): +1.3% after beating top and bottom line estimates. </li><li><strong>Merck</strong> (MRK 61.92, -0.18): -0.3% after missing revenue estimates and issuing disappointing guidance.</li><li><strong>Astrazeneca</strong> (AZN 26.77, -0.99): -3.6% after reporting below consensus revenues.</li><li><strong>MetLife</strong> (MET 53.42, -0.90): -1.7% after reporting worse than expected earnings and revenue.</li><li><strong>Allstate</strong> (ALL 78.00, +2.76): +3.7% after beating earnings per share estimates.</li><li><strong>Intel</strong> (INTC 36.02, -0.50): -1.4% following reports that <strong>Apple</strong> (AAPL 128.37, -0.38) is designing a new chip for its Mac laptops. Intel processors currently handle the functionality that the new chip would replace.</li><li><strong>Macy's</strong> (M 29.21, -0.33): +5.2% following a <em>NY Post</em> report that retiring CEO Terry Lundgren might be open to a possible sale.</li></ul><p>Reviewing overnight developments:</p><ul><li>Equity indices in the Asia-Pacific region ended Thursday on a mixed note with Japan's Nikkei showing relative weakness. China's Shanghai Composite remained closed for Lunar New Year. Japan's Nikkei -1.2%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng -0.6%, India's Sensex +0.3%.<ul><li>In economic data:<ul><li>Japan's Monetary Base +22.6% year-over-year (consensus 24.2%; last 23.1%) and January Household Confidence 43.2 (expected 43.7; previous 43.1)</li><li>South Korea's January CPI +0.9% month-over-month (expected 0.4%; last 0.1%); +2.0% year-over-year (consensus 1.5%; previous 1.3%)</li><li>Australia's January AIG Manufacturing Index 51.2 (last 55.4). December Building Approvals -1.2% month-over-month (expected -2.0%; last 7.5%). December trade surplus expanded to AUD3.51 billion from AUD2.04 billion (expected surplus of AUD2.20 billion). December Imports +1.0% month-over-month (last 0.0%) and December Exports +5.0% month-over-month (last 8.0%)</li></ul></li><li>In news:<ul><li>Yen strength contributed to the relative weakness in equities, as the Japanese currency returned into the neighborhood of this year's high against the dollar (112.34). Furthermore, yesterday's FOMC statement was not particularly hawkish, allowing the dollar to take a step back.</li><li>The Australian dollar has outperformed, climbing 1.1% to 0.7672 against the greenback, on the back of strong trade data.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li>Major European indices trade near their flat lines while Italy's MIB outperforms. Germany's DAX -0.2%, France's CAC +0.2%, UK's FTSE +0.4%, Italy's MIB +1.4%.<ul><li>In economic data:<ul><li>Eurozone December PPI +0.7% month-over-month (expected 0.4%; last 0.3%); +1.6% year-over-year (consensus 1.3%; previous 0.1%)</li><li>UK's January Construction PMI 52.2 (expected 53.8; last 54.2)</li><li>Spain's Unemployment Change 57,300 (expected 60,200; last -86,800)</li><li>Swiss December Retail Sales -3.5% year-over-year (expected 0.5%; last 0.8%)</li></ul></li><li>In news:<ul><li>The Bank of England kept its key rate and purchase program unchanged at their respective 0.25% and GBP435 billion, but did raise its growth outlook for 2017 to 2.0% from 1.4%. The central bank's inflation forecast was little changed, calling for CPI of 2.7%.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></td> </tr></table>"