News Bulletin
 Friday, December 05, 2025
Evening Edition

Economic Numbers:

Time

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

Friday, December 5, 2025

10:00

Core PCE Price Index (YoY) (Sep)

2.80%

2.90%

2.90%

10:00

Core PCE Price Index (MoM) (Sep)

0.20%

0.20%

0.20%

10:00

Michigan 1-Year Inflation Expectations (Dec) 

4.10%

4.50%

4.50%

10:00

Michigan 5-Year Inflation Expectations (Dec) 

3.20%

3.40%

3.40%

10:00

Michigan Consumer Expectations (Dec) 

55.00

52.00

51.00

10:00

Michigan Consumer Sentiment (Dec) 

53.30

 

51.00

10:00

PCE price index (MoM) (Sep)

0.30%

0.30%

0.30%

10:00

PCE Price index (YoY) (Sep)

2.80%

2.80%

2.70%

10:00

Personal Spending (MoM) (Sep)

0.30%

0.30%

0.50%

12:00

Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q4) 

3.50%

3.80%

3.80%

13:00

U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count

413

 

407

13:00

U.S. Baker Hughes Total Rig Count

549

 

544

15:00

Consumer Credit (Oct)

9.18B

11.80B

11.01B

 

Indices
 

 

CLOSE

50 DMA

200 DMA

DJIA

47,954.99

46,901.11

44,028.95

NASDAQ

23,578.13

23,029.14

20,399.50

S&P 500

6,870.40

6,744.08

6,195.30

Earnings Calendar:

(EPS: Earning Per Share / Rev: Revenue / Mkt Cap: market Capital/ BMO: Before Market Opening /AMC: After Market Close)

   COMPANY

EPS  Act

EPS Fore

Rev Act

Rev Fore

Mkt Cap

Time

Victoria's Secret Co (VSCO)

-0.27

-0.59

1.47B

  1.41B

3.33B

BMO

Tuniu Corp (TOUR)

0.06

  --

202.06M

  --

88.96M

BMO

National Beverage (FIZZ)

--

0.5078

--

  304.31M

3.10B

 

Yext (YEXT)

--

0.1325

--

  113.13M

1.10B

 

US Gold (USAU)

--

-0.14

--

0

238.90M

 

Children’s Place (PLCE)

--

0.6013

--

  370.31M

171.36M

 

Hooker Furniture (HOFT)

--

0.17

--

  106.47M

115.59M

 

Nutriband (NTRB)

--

-2.13

--

  675K

58.88M

 

Culp (CULP)

--

-0.09

--

  54.32M

48.53M

 

Brand House Collective (TBHC)

--

-0.13

--

  109.39M

27.29M

 

Delta Apparel (DLAPQ)

--

  --

--

  --

705.12

 

Pinstripes Holdings (PNSTQ)

--

-0.23

--

  30.63M

412

 

 

Market News:

The S&P 500 closed higher Friday after a relatively benign inflation report kept open the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week.

 

At 4:00 p.m. ET (21:00 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 104 points, or 0.2%, the S&P 500 index gained 0.2%, and the NASDAQ Composite rose 0.3%.

PCE inflation gauge in spotlight

The Fed’s preferred inflation measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCE), indicated that inflation remained under control, suggesting that the U.S. central bank can cut interest rates next week to support the slowing economy.

 

Excluding food and energy, the underlying, or "core," PCE price index fell to 2.8% in the 12 months to September, below the expected 2.9%, and 0.2% month-on-month.

 

The importance of price stability, the second element of the Fed’s dual mandate, has faded a little of late, but the Fed policymakers will be pleased to see the index falling, further emboldening rate-cut expectations.

 

Expectations of a 25-basis point reduction at the Federal Reserve’s December 9–10 meeting have been running hot on the back of recent weak labor data and broader signs of economic cooling.

 

Thursday’s weekly jobless claims plunged by 27,000 to a seasonally adjusted 191,000, the lowest level since September 2022, but economists cautioned that distortions tied to the Thanksgiving holiday may have exaggerated the decline.

 

Elsewhere, a private-sector payroll report from ADP on Wednesday showed a decline of 32,000 jobs -- the largest drop in over two and a half years, and a report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas stated that announced job cuts dropped sharply in November but hiring intentions remained weak.

Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Discovery

In the corporate sector, Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) has agreed to acquire Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) in a cash and stock transaction valued at $27.75 per share, with a total enterprise value of approximately $82.7 billion.

 

The deal, announced on Friday, follows a weeks-long bidding war where Netflix outbid Paramount Skydance’s (NASDAQ:{{8171’s|PSKY}}) nearly $24-a-share offer with its nearly $28-a-share proposal.

 

Should the transaction be finalized, it would transform Netflix into a media powerhouse with control over one of the most valuable content libraries in the entertainment industry.

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) shares soared after the cosmetics retailer topped Wall Street estimates for its fiscal third quarter and raised its full-year outlook.

 

Victoria’s Secret (NYSE:VSCO) stock rose strongly after the lingerie retailer reported better-than-expected third quarter results, raising its full-year outlook as its turnaround strategy shows signs of success.

 

On the flip side, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) stock slumped after the cloud services and hardware company missed analysts’ revenue expectations for the fourth quarter, posting $9.68 billion versus a consensus estimate of $9.94 billion.

 

On the geopolitical front, Treasury Secretary Bessent provided a positive update on U.S.-China trade relations, saying that implementation of the agreement between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. Donald Trump is "going well".

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