by Calculated Risk on 12/09/2012 08:30:00 PM

Weekend:
• Labor Force Participation Rate Update
• FOMC Projections Preview
• Summary for Week Ending Dec 7th
• Schedule for Week of Dec 9th

The Asian markets are mostly green tonight, with the Nikkei up 0.2%.

From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures: the S&P futures are up slightly and DOW futures are up 15.

Oil prices are mostly moving sideways with WTI futures at $86.26 per barrel and Brent at $107.41 per barrel. Gasoline prices are now near the low for the year.

Here is a graph from Gasbuddy.com showing the roller coaster ride for gasoline prices. If you click on "show crude oil prices", the graph displays oil prices for WTI, not Brent; gasoline prices in most of the U.S. are impacted more by Brent prices.

Orange County Historical Gas Price Charts Provided by GasBuddy.com

Three more questions this week for the December economic prediction contest (Note: You can now use Facebook, Twitter, or OpenID to log in).