Stock futures are up this morning after yesterdays strong showing (Stocks Roll Higher, And Nasdaq Volume Rises). My personal take is that traders have figured out that the US budget deal wasn't as one-sided as it'd seemed, though we won't find it in the news...
Dollar slides to 8-1/2 month lows on US economy worries Reuters - 9 hours ago By Jessica Mortimer. LONDON | Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:26am EDT. LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar fell to eight-and-a-half-month lows against the euro and a currency basket on Friday on speculation the fallout of this month's political impasse in the U.S.China growth data boost stock futures USA TODAY - 2 hours ago Accelerating economic growth in China was underwriting gains in U.S. stock futures Friday. Dow Jones industrial average index futures rose 0.2%, Standard & Poor's 500 index futures gained 0.2% and Nasdaq index futures added 0.5%.US gov't to release September jobs report Oct. 22 By CHRISTOPER S. RUGABER - AP - Thu Oct 17, 3:56PM CDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Labor Department will release the September employment report on Tuesday now that Congress has reopened the government. The report had been delayed 2½ weeks because of the partial government shutdown. (full story)