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Investors are now awaiting more data to determine whether the
U.S. economy can withstand hefty rate hikes. Data on Tuesday
showed U.S. consumer confidence dropped to a 16-month low in
June on worries about high inflation and growing risks of a
recession.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell is due to speak at a European Central
Bank forum later in the day. His comments will be parsed for any
change in the Fed's hawkish stance on tackling inflation.
Markets also digested a report that said Cleveland Federal
Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester advocated for another 75
basis points (bps) interest rate hike in the U.S. central bank's
July meeting, if economic conditions remain the same.
San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly and New York Fed President
John Williams on Tuesday backed further rapid interest rate
hikes and pushed back against fears that sharply higher
borrowing costs will trigger a steep downturn.
The benchmark S&P 500 was on track for its biggest drop in the
first half of a year since 1970, and along with the Dow and the
Nasdaq was headed towards a second straight quarterly decline
for the first time since 2015.
The Department of Commerce will release its final estimates for
first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) at 8:30 am ET,
expected to show a 1.5% annualized fall in GDP.
At 7:00 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 28 points, or 0.09%, S&P
500 e-minis were down 8.25 points, or 0.22%, and Nasdaq 100
e-minis were down 34.5 points, or 0.3%.
Shares of Tesla led declines among growth stocks, including
Apple Inc, Netflix Inc and Amazon.com Inc which fell between
0.5% and 1.5% in premarket trading.
Pinterest Inc gained 3.2% after the social media platform said
former Alphabet Inc executive, Bill Ready would replace its
long-time chief executive officer who is stepping down.
(Reporting by Amruta Khandekar; Editing by Vinay Dwivedi)
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