With the index futures climbing higher after moving along the flat line, U.S. stocks look headed for a positive start Tuesday morning. The focus is on earnings, and a slew of economic data including reports on consumer price and producer price inflation, due later in the week.
The Dow futures is up 0.15 percent, the S&P futures are gaining 0.4 percent, and the Nasdaq futures are up nearly 0.5 percent.
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May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.