Group 1: Market Overview - Pre-market futures are up following a 25 basis points interest rate cut by the Fed, with the Dow up +230 points, S&P 500 up +51, Nasdaq up +287, and Russell 2000 up +30 points [1] - Bond yields have slightly increased, with the 10-year yield at +4.08% and the 2-year yield at +3.55% [1] Group 2: Jobless Claims - Initial Jobless Claims spiked to +264K due to a reporting disruption in Texas, marking the highest week of new claims since October 2021, but fell back to +231K for the last week [2] - Continuing Claims have decreased to 1.920 million, the lowest since May, remaining below 1.94 million for two consecutive weeks [3] Group 3: Manufacturing Index - The Philly Fed Index reported its highest monthly tally since January at +23.2, indicating five up-months and four down-months in 2025, contrasting with the negative Empire State Index of -8.7 for the same month [5] Group 4: Earnings Reports - Darden Restaurants (DRI) reported fiscal Q1 earnings of $1.97 per share, missing estimates by 3 cents, but revenues of $3.04 billion exceeded expectations, up from $2.76 billion a year ago [6] - FedEx (FDX) is expected to report earnings growth of +1.4% with a revenue increase of +0.9%, while Lennar Homes (LEN) faces tough comparisons with expected earnings growth of -45% and revenue decline of -4% [7]

We're just seconds away now from the jobless claims data coming in. Let's get a quick check of the futures right now. A mixed p picture.The S&P 500 is down three points. The uh Dow is off by 48, but the NASDAQ in positive territory by two points. Treasuries right now, you're seeing the 10-year largely unchanged uh at 4.34% and unchanged.Uh you've got the 2-year now down 3.858% is the yield on that. Rick Santelli standing by at the CME in Chicago with the numbers when they come in. Rick, absolutely, Contessa ...

Inflation Trends (PPI) - Headline PPI for May increased by 01% (one-tenth of a percent), lower than expected [1] - Previous month saw a significant decrease of 05% (minus half of 1%), the largest drop since COVID [1] - PPI excluding food and energy rose by 01% (one-tenth of a percent) [2] - Year-over-year headline PPI increased by 26%, slightly higher than the previous month's 24% [3] - PPI excluding food and energy increased by 3%, slightly lower than the previous month's 31% [4] - PPI excluding food, energy, and trade increased by 27%, showing progress from the previous 29%, reaching levels of January 2024 [4][5] Labor Market - Initial jobless claims reached 248000, approaching 250000, and are unchanged from the slightly revised previous week's 248000, reaching levels last seen in October of the previous year [6] - Continuing claims are nearing 1956 million, marking the third consecutive week above 19 million, the highest since November 2021 [6] Market Reaction - Interest rates remained relatively stable despite some weakness observed in equities [6] - Pre-opening equities were in the red, showing a slight improvement following the data release [7]