by Calculated Risk on 2/05/2019 06:44:00 PM

Wednesday:
• At 7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.

• At 8:30 AM: Trade Balance report for November from the Census Bureau. The consensus is the trade deficit to be $53.9 billion.  The U.S. trade deficit was at $55.5 billion in October.

• At 7:00 PM: Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Brief Opening Remarks, At the Conversation with the Chairman: A Teacher Town Hall Meeting, Washington, D.C.