Today's economic calendar is full, starting with weekly jobless claims at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Analysts are expecting a decline in new claims to 383,000 from the previous week's 386,000, with estimates ranging from 274,000 to 390,000. Continuing claims are expected to remain unchanged at 3.278 million.
The so-called flash PMI figure for June is set to be released at 8:58 a.m. ET. The consensus forecast calls for a print of 53.8, down from May's 53.9, within a range of 53 to 54.
Bloomberg's Consumer Comfort Index will follow at 9:45 a.m. ET.
Existing home sales for May will follow at 10 a.m. ET. Analysts are expecting a slight decline to 4.57 million from April's 4.62 million, within a range of 4.46 million to 4.74 million existing homes.
The Philadelphia Fed survey for June is also on the docket at 10 a.m. ET. Analysts are expecting the general business condition index level to rise from -5.8 in May to 0.5 in June, within a range of -3.0 to 4.0.
The FHFA house price index for April will released at 10 a.m. ET as well. The consensus expectation calls for 0.6 percent, down from March's 1.8 percent, within the range of 0.3 percent to 1.0 percent.
The final number on the 10 a.m. ET docket is leading indicators for May, which are expected to come in flat. That would be better than April's figure of -0.1 percent, within a range of -0.3 percent to 0.4 percent.
Weekly EIA natural gas inventories are scheduled at 10:30 a.m. ET.
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