JPMorgan's fourth-quarter earnings out Tuesday will kick off a slew of reports expected from major financial institutions this week.
Stock futures ticked lower Monday night as investors awaited the release of consumer inflation data and key bank earnings results.
Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average
lost 71 points, or about 0.1%. S&P 500 futures
slipped 0.2%, while Nasdaq 100 futures
also declined about 0.3%.
The S&P 500 and the Dow Industrials ended Tuesday's session lower after a bout of volatile trading.
The PCE report on Friday will be the first one since the record-setting U.S. government shutdown.
Stocks closed lower on Monday, shrugging off some positive trade policy developments.
The data will be a key gauge of how resilient the economy really is and whether stocks can continue to trade at record highs.
Bank earnings got off to a rocky start. Investors continued to digest several demands made by President Donald Trump.
Stocks are coming off a volatile trading week, closing higher despite flaring trade tensions, regional bank losses and declines…
