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: +6.00. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +10.90.<p>A jump in the price of crude oil has nudged equity futures higher this morning, but caution ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee's rate decision has kept gains in check. The S&P 500 futures trade six points (0.3%) above fair value.</p><p>The two-day FOMC meeting will come to a conclusion this afternoon with the Fed announcing its rate decision at 14:00 ET. However, given that a rate hike is widely expected, investors will be more interested in the central bank's dot plot, which shows expectations for future rate changes.</p><p>Crude oil has reversed its bearish ways this morning following the API's latest crude oil inventory report, which showed an unexpected draw of 0.531 million barrels. If the EIA's inventory reading shows a similar figure later this morning at 10:30 ET, the energy component will be poised to break its streak of six consecutive retreats. WTI crude currently trades higher by 1.7% at $48.54/bbl.</p><p>In U.S. corporate news, airlines trade lower in pre-market action after Winter Storm Stella caused a mass of flight cancellations on Tuesday. <strong>United Continental</strong> (UAL 64.80, -1.75) leads the retreat with a loss of 2.6%.</p><p>Investors received several important economic reports earlier this morning, however, the response has been minimal as the data came in roughly as expected.</p><p>Total CPI rose 0.1% (Briefing.com consensus +0.1%) in February while core CPI, which excludes food and energy, increased 0.2% (Briefing.com consensus +0.2%). On a year-over-year basis, total CPI is up 2.7% and core CPI has increased 2.2%.</p><p>Separately, February retail sales increased 0.1%, which is in line with the Briefing.com consensus. The prior month's reading was revised higher to 0.6% from 0.4%. Excluding autos, retail sales rose 0.2% while the consensus expected an uptick of 0.1%. The prior month's reading was revised higher to 1.2% from 0.8%.</p><p>The Empire Manufacturing Survey for March rose to 16.4 from the prior month's reading of 18.7. The Briefing.com consensus estimate was pegged at 14.5.</p><p>Investors will also receive January Business Inventories (Briefing.com consensus 0.3%) and the March NAHB Housing Market Index (Briefing.com consensus 65) on Wednesday. Both reports will cross the wires at 10:00 ET.</p></td> </tr></table>"