Core inflation falls in February but a 6% increase in gasoline prices pushes the headline Consumer Price Index up to a 2.9% annual rate
Headline inflation rose by 0.4% in February. That was a juimp from the 0.2% increase in the Consumer Price Index in January and the biggest increase in consumer prices since April 2011. The big culprit was the cost of energy
Yes, the NASDAQ is higher than it’s been since the tech bust of 2000–but this is a very different, and much healthier, technology sector
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Initial claims for unemployment fall again and suggest continued jobs growth of 200,000 a month or more
Initial claims fell from 365,000 for the week ended on March 3 to 351,000 for the week ended March 10. That was the lowest number for initial claims since March 2008. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com had projected that initial claims would drop to 355,000.
Think about using gold’s recent weakness to add to hedges for 2013
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U.S. retail sales rise more than expected in February–that’s good news for the U.S. economy
Retail sales climbed by 1.1% in February, the U.S. Commerce Department announced this morning. That was slightly above the consensus projection of 1.0% among economists surveyed by Briefing.com, and up from January’s (revised) increase of 0.6%. The February gain was the biggest increase in retail sales in five months.
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