Global Market and Economic Headlines for Friday, Dec. 12, 2025
1. Key Economic Releases & Central Bank Events Today Based on the latest economic calendars, the U.S. schedule includes several high-impact data points and Fed-related speeches that could influence volatility: - Multiple Federal Reserve official speeches scheduled early (e.g., Fed’s Goolsbee and Schmid) — market watches tone and rate expectations. - Weekly business formation statistics and SOFR/Secured Overnight Financing Rate data early in the session. - Crude rig count and energy data around 10:00 a.m. ET can jolt energy complex volatility. There are no major headline CPI or employment prints on today’s calendar, but the Fed commentary cluster remains the principal intraday theme. Economic calendars confirm these are primary scheduled flows for today. 2. Overnight Global Market Performance & Pre-Open Futures Major global markets have been mixed but broadly positive heading into U.S. trade: - Asian equities gained strongly, with Nikkei and Hang Seng up notably, reflecting spillover from U.S. risk assets. - European shares are set for a third weekly advance, boosted by optimism around U.S. Fed cuts and strong banking sector performance. - U.S. index futures are mixed/slightly lower, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures slipping due to chip/macro sentiment, while Dow futures are firmer. - FX: the U.S. dollar is stabilizing after multi-week weakness, with euro and sterling near multi-week highs versus the dollar. 3. Premarket Stock Moves (e.g., Tesla) Delayed quotes indicate Tesla pre-market trading modestly lower around ~$446/share, with slight negative bias into the U.S. open. Sector and big-cap premarket themes show Broadcom and Oracle dragging tech sentiment, feeding into broader pressure on index futures. 4. Significant News Flow & Geopolitical Developments Current major news items relevant to markets: - Ongoing monetary policy discussion following recent Fed rate cuts and balance sheet guidance remains front and center. - UK GDP contraction data reinforces expectations of potential Bank of England rate cuts next week. - Broader political and policy developments (e.g., domestic U.S. political speeches) are circulating but have limited direct market implications today.