US stocks closed higher on Thursday, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining 0.6% Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN and Microsoft Corporation MSFT shares.
Let’s take a look at the major economic events scheduled for today.
- Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans will speak at 10:00 a.m. ET.
- Wholesale inventory data for July will be released at 10:00 am ET. The second estimate of wholesale inventories is up 0.8%, unchanged from the first estimate.
- Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George will speak at 12:00 p.m. ET.
- Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller will speak at 12:00 p.m. ET.
- Baker Hughes’ North American rig report for the last week is scheduled for release at 1:00 PM ET.
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