 U.S. stock futures are higher this morning ahead of key inflation data. The Dow futures are up 33. NASDAQ futures are up 86. And the S&P futures are up 20. In overseas markets, the London FTSE 100 is up 45 points or 0.6%. German DAX is up 128 points or 0.7%. And the Nikkei 225 closed up 241 points or 0.6%.