Economic data will include challenger layoffs at 7 a.m. as well as initial jobless claims, international trade and the preliminary Q1 productivity all at 8:30 a.m.The month employment report for April will be released. Job growth is expected to have slowed with the addition of 180,000 positions down from 236,000 the prior month. The unemployment rate is expected to tick up to 3.6%. In other economic news, consumer credit will come out at 3 p.m.
On Friday, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard will participate in a fireside chat on the U.S. economy and monetary policy before an Economic Club of Minnesota luncheon. James Bullard, president and chief executive officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, speaks during the National Association of Business Economics' Economic Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 26, 2018.
Final earnings for the week include, AMC Entertainment, Cinemark Holdings, DraftKings, fuboTV and Warner Bros Discovery before markets open.