-- 周三盘前,美国股指期货基本持平,交易员们正等待“七巨头”中四家公司公布财报,以及美联储最新政策声明。此次政策会议很可能是杰罗姆·鲍威尔担任美联储主席期间的最后一次政策会议。 道琼斯工业平均指数期货和标普500指数期货持平,纳斯达克指数期货上涨0.3%。 Alphabet(GOOG,GOOGL)、微软(MSFT)、亚马逊(AMZN)和Meta Platforms(META)等公司将于今日盘后公布季度财报。 市场普遍预期,联邦公开市场委员会(FOMC)将在今日会议上维持联邦基金利率目标区间在3.50%至3.75%不变。美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔将于6月下届委员会会议前卸任,但他表示将留任至其继任者凯文·沃什获得确认为止。 委员会会后声明将于美国东部时间下午2点发布,美联储主席鲍威尔的新闻发布会定于美国东部时间下午2点30分开始。 油价上涨,近月全球基准北海布伦特原油上涨3%,至每桶107.54美元;美国西德克萨斯中质原油上涨3.3%,至每桶103.26美元。 彭博社汇总的预测显示,定于美国东部时间上午8点30分发布的3月份耐用品订单报告预计将增长0.5%,此前一个月该数据下降了1.3%。 预计3月份新屋开工量为138万套,国际货物贸易逆差预计将从上月的835亿美元扩大至880亿美元。这两项报告也将于美国东部时间上午8点30分发布。
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