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Capital One Financial Analysts Lift Earnings Estimates for STAG Industrial, Inc. (NYSE:STAG)

STAG Industrial, Inc. (NYSE:STAG) – Equities researchers at Capital One Financial lifted their FY2021 earnings per share estimates for shares of STAG Industrial in a note issued to investors on Thursday, December 9th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Lucas now anticipates that the real estate investment trust will earn $2.06 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $2.05. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for STAG Industrial’s Q1 2022 earnings at $0.53 EPS, Q2 2022 earnings at $0.55 EPS, Q4 2022 earnings at $0.56 EPS, FY2022 earnings at $2.19 EPS, Q1 2023 earnings at $0.56 EPS, Q2 2023 earnings at $0.58 EPS, Q3 2023 earnings at $0.58 EPS, FY2023 earnings at $2.31 EPS, FY2024 earnings at $2.45 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $2.59 EPS. STAG Industrial (NYSE:STAG) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.30 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.51 by ($0.21). STAG Industrial had a return on equity of 7.28{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} and a net margin of 37.23{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}. The company had revenue of $142.11 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $140.41 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.46 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 19.1{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other equities analysts also recently commented on the company. Raymond James lifted their price objective on STAG Industrial from $45.00 to $47.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 1st. Zacks Investment Research upgraded STAG Industrial from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $48.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 26th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price objective on STAG Industrial from $46.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $43.67.

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Shares of STAG Industrial stock opened at $43.93 on Friday. STAG Industrial has a one year low of $29.40 and a one year high of $45.20. The company has a market cap of $7.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.87, a PEG ratio of 4.11 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 1.57 and a current ratio of 1.57. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $42.85 and its 200 day moving average price is $40.88.

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. raised its holdings in shares of STAG Industrial by 10.1{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in the 2nd quarter. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 59,984 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,252,000 after buying an additional 5,500 shares during the period. Kempen Capital Management N.V. raised its holdings in shares of STAG Industrial by 6.0{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in the 2nd quarter. Kempen Capital Management N.V. now owns 618,563 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $23,153,000 after buying an additional 35,250 shares during the period. H&H Retirement Design & Management INC raised its holdings in shares of STAG Industrial by 5.1{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in the 3rd quarter. H&H Retirement Design & Management INC now owns 106,026 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $4,328,000 after buying an additional 5,184 shares during the period. Amundi purchased a new stake in shares of STAG Industrial in the 2nd quarter valued at $4,393,000. Finally, M&T Bank Corp raised its holdings in shares of STAG Industrial by 3.3{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in the 2nd quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 13,169 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $493,000 after buying an additional 417 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 85.95{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} of the company’s stock.

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, January 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 31st will be given a $0.1208 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 30th. This represents a $1.45 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.30{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}. STAG Industrial’s dividend payout ratio is currently 115.08{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

STAG Industrial Company Profile

STAG Industrial, Inc is a real estate investment trust, which focuses on acquisition, ownership and operation of single-tenant, industrial properties throughout the United States. The company was founded by Benjamin S. Butcher on July 21, 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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Stock futures open slightly higher ahead of Fed decision

Stock futures edged up Tuesday evening as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s final monetary policy decision of 2021 and weighed the central bank’s potential response to persistent inflationary pressures. 

Contracts on the S&P 500 ticked higher. The blue-chip index closed out Tuesday’s session in the red for a second straight session, with technology stocks leading the way lower. The Nasdaq ended the session down by more than 1{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.  

All eyes on Wednesday will be on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy statement and press conference by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Many market participants expect these will set the stage for the Fed to speed the withdrawal of its crisis-era stimulus programs, with the firming economic recovery and soaring inflation suggesting the central bank has room for a more hawkish tilt to policy. Last week’s Consumer Price Index showed the fastest surge in U.S. consumer prices since 1982 on a year-over-year basis. And on Tuesday, the U.S. Producer Price Index jumped by the most on record at a 9.6{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} year-over-year increase. 

Specifically, many investors anticipate the Fed will ramp up the rate of tapering of its asset-purchasing program, which took place at a rate of $120 billion per month in combined Treasuries and agency mortgage-backed securities from the start of the pandemic through November. Last month, the Fed began dialing back these purchases by $15 billion, and announced another $15 billion reduction for December. 

“We don’t think that the Fed is really going to have any surprises for the markets tomorrow. They’re probably going to announce that they’re going to … accelerate tapering, and that they’ll probably finish that by March. But we think that they’re going to leave themselves lots flexibility around raising interest rates,” Tracie McMillion, Wells Fargo Investment Institute head of global asset allocation strategy, told Yahoo Finance Live on Tuesday. She added she expects just one interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve in the second half of next year. 

Other pundits, however, expect an earlier liftoff on interest rates, which maybe be reflected in the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) updated Summary of Economic Projections on Wednesday. 

“The announcement of faster tapering after [Wednesday’s] FOMC meeting is a done deal; we’d be astonished by anything other than a plan to complete asset purchases by the end of March at the latest,” wrote Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, in a note on Tuesday. He expects the Fed to stick to its prior plan of purchasing $90 billion in its asset-purchase program this month, before doubling the rate of tapering from its current $15 billion per month starting in January.

“That would mean purchases drop to $60 billion in January, $30 billion in February, and zero in March, leaving the door open to a rate hike that month if the inflation outlook has not improved, via a clear and sustained increase in the labor force participation rate,” he added. 

A number of strategists noted the trading activity in recent sessions and weeks has reflected the market pricing of a more hawkish Fed. Software and other growth names were some of the biggest laggards in the major indexes during Tuesday’s session. 

“When you have an anticipation of higher interest rates, growth stocks or long-duration growth stocks certainly get hit the hardest,” Art Hogan, national chief market strategist, told Yahoo Finance. Live on Tuesday. “When you do that net present value calculation with a higher interest rate, that implied multiple or ascribed multiple to growth names comes in. So a lot of that’s been priced in. When you think about some of those real growth-y names and momentum names and risk assets, they’ve seen a lot of carnage.”

“What the market is trying to tell us here is that when you set your asset allocation plan for next year, you want to have a barbell approach with growth on one side — you want to have those growth names that are actually valued at a multiple to earnings, not a multiple to revenues or a multiple to cash flows or a multiple to sales,” he added. “We anticipate 2022 is going to be very much like 2021, where you really want to have a balance between growth and value.”

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6:24 p.m. ET Tuesday: Stock futures edge up ahead of Fed decision

Here were the main moves in markets as the overnight session kicked off on Tuesday: 

  • S&P 500 futures (ES=F): +2.25 points (+0.05{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}), to 4,639.25

  • Dow futures (YM=F): +25 points (+0.07{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}), to 35,577.00

  • Nasdaq futures (NQ=F): +12.25 points (+0.08{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 15,937.00

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 13: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 13, 2021 in New York City. As investors are still concerned about rising prices due to inflation, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 175 points in Monday morning trading. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 13: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 13, 2021 in New York City. As investors are still concerned about rising prices due to inflation, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 175 points in Monday morning trading. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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U.S. to add more Chinese firms to investment, export blacklists – FT

Dec 15 (Reuters) – Shares in Chinese healthcare and technology firms tumbled on Wednesday after a report that the United States would add more Chinese firms, including the largest commercial drone maker and biotech firms, to investment and export blacklists this week.

Citing two sources briefed on the plans, the Financial Times said the United States would add eight Chinese firms, including the drone maker, DJI Technology Co Ltd, to an investment blacklist on Thursday.

The U.S. commerce department is also set to place more than two dozen Chinese firms, some of them involved in biotechnology, on an “entity list” restricting exports to them by U.S. firms, the newspaper cited the sources as saying.

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The report hastened a sell-off in Chinese healthcare shares in afternoon trade, knocking 3.2{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} off a mainland index tracking the sector (.CSI300HC) against a drop of 0.87{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in the broader index.

The impact was sharper still in Hong Kong, where the Hang Seng Healthcare Index (.HSHCI) was down 7.6{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in late afternoon trade.

Healthcare firms were already under pressure on Wednesday after Chinese biotech company BeiGene Ltd plunged on its Shanghai debut, amid worries that some Chinese firms could be ordered to delist from the U.S. stock market. read more

The Financial Times said the U.S. treasury department would put eight companies including DJI on its “Chinese military-industrial complex companies” blacklist because of their alleged involvement in surveillance of the Uyghur Muslim minority.

U.S. investors are barred from taking stakes in companies on the list, which now comprises about 60 firms.

A DJI spokesperson declined to comment on the report, but directed Reuters to the company’s statement when U.S. commerce department put it it on the “Entity List” a year ago for the same reasons. That step barred it from buying or using U.S. technology or components.

At the time, DJI said it had done nothing to justify the move and would continue to sell products in the United States, where it has built up a large market.

The U.S. Treasury did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

In Beijing, responding to questions on the FT report, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a news briefing China was opposed to U.S. “suppression” of its companies and would pay close attention to how the situation developed.

The new additions come just days after artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime Group was added to the Treasury list, forcing it to postpone its $767-million Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO).

SenseTime said the accusations against it were unfounded.

U.N. experts and rights groups estimate more than a million people, mainly Uyghurs and members of other Muslim minorities, have been detained in recent years in a vast system of camps in China’s far western region of Xinjiang.

Some foreign lawmakers and parliaments have labelled the treatment of Uyghurs as genocide, citing evidence of forced sterilisations and deaths inside the camps. China denies this, saying Uyghur population growth exceeds the national average.

Other companies to be added to the list, the FT said, are image-recognition software firm Megvii, supercomputer maker Dawning Information Industry, facial recognition specialist CloudWalk Technology, cyber security group Xiamen Meiya Pico, artificial intelligence company Yitu Technology and cloud computing firms Leon Technology and NetPosa Technologies.

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Stock market news live updates: December 14, 2021

Markets edged lower in early trading Tuesday following declines in yesterday’s session as investors tune in for on a prolific week in Washington that includes the Federal Reserve’s final policy-setting meeting of 2021, set to commence today, and the release of new prints on retail sales, housing starts and other economic data.

All three major U.S. indexes were down amid figures from the Department of Labor that showed wholesale prices soared by a record 9.6{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in November from a year earlier, the fastest annual pace on record for the indicator.

Traders are awaiting a decision from the Fed on how quickly the central bank will tighten monetary policy amid a backdrop of fresh inflation numbers that reflected the fastest annual increase in nearly four decades. The Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) soared 6.8{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in November compared to last year, according to figures published last week.

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is scheduled to hold its two-day policy-setting meeting starting on Tuesday, followed by the release of the monetary policy statement and remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Wednesday. An updated Summary of Economic Projections outlining individual members’ outlooks for economic conditions and interest rates is set to accompany the statement.

The Fed has been under pressure to control rising inflation levels, as investors watch for clues of a faster taper that could set the stage for earlier rate hikes.

“Because inflation expectations do appear to be adaptive, our view is that the longer inflation stays elevated, the greater the risk that consumers adjust their behaviors in a way that contributes to persistently elevated inflation” wrote PIMCO economist Tiffany Wilding in a recent note to clients.

“We believe the Fed will want to manage this risk by shortening the time over which it winds down its purchases of U.S. Treasuries and agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), aiming to end the program in March 2022, while also signaling a June rate hike is likely,” said Wilding.

PIMCO managing director and portfolio manager Sonali Pier also separately told Yahoo Finance Live that the firm expects to see two hikes in 2022, three hikes in 2023, and potentially four in 2024, with the Fed trying to bring the policy rate to neutral.

“Amid proliferating signs of solid growth and a robust job market, various measures depict a deeply troubled economy,” wrote Oxford Economics senior economist Bob Schwartz in a new report. “Households are downbeat, according to sentiment surveys, and the so-called ‘misery index‘ that adds together inflation and unemployment hovers around recession levels.”

Markets await a trove of fresh economic data this week. November retail sales, out on Wednesday, are expected to rise by 0.8{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}, according to Bloomberg consensus estimates. And November housing starts are forecasted to see a month-over-month increase of 3.3{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley projects the U.S. unemployment rate will drop to 3{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in 2022.

“It’s stunning to see how much the rate has fallen in the last five months,” Morgan chief U.S. economist Michael Feroli told Yahoo Finance Live. “We expect that pace of decline to slow, but it doesn’t take much to get below 4{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}, even with a tick up in the labor participation rate which has been depressed over the last year and a half.”

12:05 p.m. ET: Microsoft posts biggest drop since 2020

Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) were down more than 4{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in midday trading, contributing to the Dow’s losses as the broader markets edged lower.

The software giant posted its biggest drop since last October, according to Bloomberg data, adding to yesterday’s loss of nearly 1{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} at close.

Separately, J.P. Morgan released fresh research on Tuesday that said investors overlook Microsoft’s leading position in data management. Data platform solutions contributed to about 12{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} of Microsoft’s total revenue in 1H21, up from roughly 10{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in 2017, according to the bank’s note, which also said much of the company’s growth is driven by cloud data platforms that grew from about 3{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} of total revenue to about 7{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in the same time period. J.P. Morgan expects this to be a key source of upside heading into 2022.

Microsoft had a year of stunning numbers that made it Yahoo Finance’s company of the year. The tech heavy weight passed a $2 trillion market capitalization in June and reported a $176 billion surge in revenue — a nearly 20{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} year-over-year increase.

11:13 a.m. ET: Dow reverses comeback, shedding more than 100 points

Here were the main moves in markets as of 11:13 a.m. ET:

  • S&P 500 (^GSPC): -52.68 (-1.13{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 4,616.29

  • Dow (^DJI): -121.43 (-0.34{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 35,529.52

  • Nasdaq (^IXIC): -279.60 (-1.81{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 15,133.68

  • Crude (CL=F): -$1.00 (-1.40{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $70.29 a barrel

  • Gold (GC=F): -$12.10 (-0.68{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $1,776.20 per ounce

  • 10-year Treasury (^TNX): +2.6 bps to yield 1.4500{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}

11:01 a.m. ET: Meme-stock darling AMC extends decline

Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. (AMC) were down 2.19{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}, trading at $22.73 a piece, though recouping some losses after falling as much as 11{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} at the open. The company was hit hard in Monday’s sell-off along with other retail favorites, including Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (BBY) and Tesla (TSLA).

The losses come as investors expect a rollback of pandemic-era stimulus by the Federal Reserve, putting risky assets and tech companies under pressure.

Retail investors comprise 20{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}-30{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} of trading volume, according to research from J.P. Morgan—a change from last year when these traders were seen as small-time market players.

10:17 a.m. ET: Dow turns green following tumble

Here were the main moves in markets as of 10:17 a.m. ET:

  • S&P 500 (^GSPC): -32.00 (-0.69{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 4,636.97

  • Dow (^DJI): +16.28 (+0.05{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 35,667.23

  • Nasdaq (^IXIC): -200.53 (-1.30{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 15,212.75

  • Crude (CL=F): -$0.72 (-1.01{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $70.57 a barrel

  • Gold (GC=F): -$13.10 (-0.73{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $1,775.20 per ounce

  • 10-year Treasury (^TNX): +3.9 bps to yield 1.4630{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}

9:30 a.m. ET: Markets open lower ahead of Fed decision

Here were the main moves in markets as of 9:30 a.m. ET:

  • S&P 500 (^GSPC): -36.88 (-0.79{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 4,632.09

  • Dow (^DJI): -141.06 (-0.40{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 35,509.89

  • Nasdaq (^IXIC): -217.32 (-1.39{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 15,413.28

  • Crude (CL=F): -$0.92 (-1.29{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $70.37 a barrel

  • Gold (GC=F): -$20.90 (-1.17{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to $1,767.40 per ounce

  • 10-year Treasury (^TNX): +2.7 bps to yield 1.4510{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}

9:05 a.m. ET: Stock futures tick down

Here were the main moves in futures trading Tuesday morning:

  • S&P 500 futures (ES=F): -28.50 points (-0.64{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}), to 4,640.25

  • Dow futures (YM=F): -100 points (-0.28{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}), to 35,545

  • Nasdaq futures (NQ=F): -170 points (-1.06{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 15,912

8:48 a.m. ET: Wholesale inflation surges 9.6{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}

Wholesale prices soared by a record 9.6{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in November from a year earlier, the fastest annual pace on record for the indicator and a sign inflation pressures are likely to persist well into 2022.

The Labor Department reported Tuesday that its producer price index rose 0.8{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in November after a 0.6{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} monthly gain in October. The figure, which measures inflation before it reaches consumers, marked the highest monthly reading in four months.

Food prices jumped 1.2{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in November after falling 0.3{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in October. Energy prices were up 2.6{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} after a 5.3{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} percent rise October.

7:07 a.m. ET: Stock futures mixed

Here were the main moves in markets in early trading Tuesday:

  • S&P 500 futures (ES=F): -8.25 points (-0.18{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}), to 4,660.5

  • Dow futures (YM=F): +22.00 points (0.06{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}), to 35,667

  • Nasdaq futures (NQ=F): -85.25 points (0.53{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 15,996.75

6:00 p.m. Monday ET: Stock futures edge higher

Here were the main moves in markets in late trading on Monday:

  • S&P 500 futures (ES=F): +5.50 points (0.12{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}), to 4,674.25

  • Dow futures (YM=F): +46.00 points (0.13{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}), to 35,691

  • Nasdaq futures (NQ=F): +10.75 points (0.07{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}) to 16,092.75

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Jayapal says CBO scores are ‘outdated,’ don’t count ‘wellbeing of planet,’ amid spending bill backlash

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., joined ‘Fox News Sunday’ to discuss the bill, warning it will ‘destroy this country’ if it becomes law.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal Monday fired Democrats’ latest salvo against a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score that rated their massive reconciliation spending bill, calling it “fictional” and arguing the office itself is “outdated.” 

“CBO scores are outdated to start with in terms of what and how they assess. Many new ideas w/out economic data to help generate a score never get scored accurately,” Jayapal, D-Wash., said. “Future savings, inclu (sic) reductions in poverty, wellbeing of planet, don’t get scored.”

“On top of that, if you now tell CBO that they should score not based on what is in the bill but an assumption of what happens if all the programs in the bill get extended for some period of time, that topples all credibility of scores. That’s fictional scoring,” Jayapal added. “GOP asking for score on Build Back Better that extends all the programs to 10 years is completely ridiculous.” 

ACCOUNTING GAMES: DEMOCRATS ARE DOWNPLAYING THE PRICE OF THEIR MASSIVE SPENDING BILL, WATCHDOG SAYS

Jayapal’s comments come as a score of the reconciliation bill released by the agency last week continues to roil Washington, D.C. 

Senate Republicans asked the CBO to score Democrats’ bill as if all its programs would be permanent, resulting in a total price tag of nearly $5 trillion instead of less than $2 trillion. With the revenue raisers included in the bill staying constant, that would mean Democrats’ proposal would add about $3 trillion to the national debt over 10 years. 

The GOP-ordered CBO score tracks with analyses from outside groups like the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), which argued for weeks that Democrats are using dishonest budgeting gimmicks to reduce the price of their bill. 

“They want to spend $2.4 trillion and buy with that almost $5 trillion worth of stuff. So the way they’re doing that is by making a number of the policies temporary,” CRFB senior vice president Marc Goldwein told Fox News last month. 

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, updates reporters after meeting with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and fellow Democrats as President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion domestic policy package remains in limbo (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite / AP Newsroom)

BIDEN’S SPENDING BILL COULD ADD $3T TO THE DEFICIT IF MADE PERMANENT, CBO SAYS

These programs count as temporary on the official CBO score for the bill, Goldwein said, but there’s a strong chance many of them get extended by a future Congress after people get used to them, running up the real cost of the bill. 

Jayapal argued this approach to understanding Democrats’ bill is incorrect. 

“Absurd for GOP to assume all programs continue for 10 years. We made tough choices to only fund certain programs for fewer years b/c top line number had to come down,” she said. “It is completely illogical to impute a score on a non-existent bill & shows GOP is just trying to kill it.”

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U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) delivers remarks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S. November 1, 2021. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Photos)

CBO SCORE ‘BLOWS UP’ WHITE HOUSE LIE THAT BUILD BACK VETTER COSTS ZERO DOLLARS: MORABITO

Jayapal suggested that if members of Congress are scoring bills based on counterfactuals and not actual legislative text, maybe the CBO should “score Pentagon spending for the next 100 years, the GOP Tax Scam for 20 years” and more. Jayapal also said the reconciliation bill would save the federal government money over two decades. 

Democrats suggest that if they pass extensions to any of the programs in their reconciliation spending bill they would include additional taxes to pay for them in the future. But they would technically be under no obligation to do so. 

Meanwhile, Republicans are hammering the reconciliation bill as irresponsible federal spending right when Americans are being hit hard by inflation – and they’re leaning on moderate Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., to block it. In fact, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said on “Fox News Sunday” it was Manchin’s idea to have the CBO score reconciliation as if it were permanent. 

A screenshot of Sen. Lindsey Graham from America’s Newsroom on November 10, 2021 (Fox News)

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“You know why I wrote a letter to CBO? Because Joe Manchin came to me and he said, ‘I think this bill is full of gimmicks, that these programs won’t go away, Lindsey, and if you score them for 10 years, I think the bill will double,'” Graham said. 

“Well, it didn’t double, it was almost 2.5 times,” Graham added. “So, I hope this will be a showstopper for Build Back Better.” 

Democrats are shooting to pass the reconciliation bill through at least the Senate before the New Year. But with the days before Christmas dwindling, several outstanding policy disagreements and the Senate parliamentarian still combing through the massive bill to ensure it conforms with the Byrd Rule, that timeline appears increasingly likely to slip into next year. 

Fox News’ Megan Henney contributed to this report. 

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President Biden Announces Key Nominees

WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve in key roles:

  • Erik K. Raven, Nominee for Under Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense
  • Kristyn E. Jones, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, Department of Defense
  • Ventris C. Gibson, Nominee for Director of the Mint, Department of the Treasury

Erik K. Raven, Nominee for Under Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense

Erik K. Raven is the Majority Clerk of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, where he oversees more than $700 billion of annual spending by the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. Prior to joining the Appropriations Committee in 2007, he served as national security adviser and legislative director to Senator Robert C. Byrd, fellow to Senator Ted Kennedy, in several positions for Senator Dianne Feinstein, and as an English teacher in China. Raven holds Associate of Arts degrees from the College of Marin, a Bachelor of Arts with honors and distinction in International Relations from Connecticut College, and a Master of Science with merit in International History from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He resides with his family in Washington, D.C.

Kristyn E. Jones, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, Department of Defense

Kristyn E. Jones is a Managing Director in KPMG’s Federal Advisory practice, where she supports the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services, and other federal agencies on financial management, business management, and technology projects. Prior to her current role, she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Information Management. Previously, Jones held a variety of positions in DoD and in industry. From June 2007 to 2008, Jones was Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) for Cost Management Transformation. Prior to this role, Jones was the Director of Enterprise Transition Planning at the DoD Business Transformation Agency (BTA) and served as a Financial Manager at the Office of Naval Research.

Earlier in her career, Jones held management positions at two Fortune 500 companies, Capital One and Advanced Micro Devices. Jones also served as a Military Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Army, where she held a variety of leadership positions. She is a Certified Defense Financial Manager, Project Management Professional, and Certified Technology Business Management Executive. Jones has received numerous government and industry awards, including the Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) Women in Technology Award and was a recipient of a “Fed 100” award. She earned a Master’s in Business Administration from George Mason University and is also a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.  

Ventris C. Gibson, Nominee for Director of the Mint, Department of the Treasury

Ventris C. Gibson is the Deputy Director of the United States Mint and is also serving as the Acting Director. If confirmed, she will be the first African-American to lead the U.S. Mint. A U.S. Navy veteran with decades of senior leadership experience in the federal government, Gibson joined the Mint from District of Columbia government, where she served as the Director of Human Resources. In this role, Gibson provided executive oversight and execution of human capital programs and services for nearly 37,000 employees. Prior to that, Gibson served as an Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She was responsible for the development, articulation, and delivery of Department-wide human resources policies, plans, and programs affecting nearly 92,000 employees. Gibson’s career with the federal government includes significant leadership roles in the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Gibson is the recipient of numerous awards and commendations including the VA’s Exceptional and Meritorious Service Awards, FAA Manager Association’s Leadership Award, National Hispanic Coalition’s President’s Award, and the Northern New Jersey Metropolitan Area’s prestigious “Woman of the Year” award. Gibson has three children, four grandchildren, and two golden retrievers.