US STOCKS-Futures edge lower ahead of retail dataReutersRetail sales data on tap, seen edging lower * JPMorgan CEO to testify on trading loss * Futures down: Dow 4 pts, S&P 3.2 pts, Nasdaq 3.75 By Ryan Vlastelica …and more »
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There’s been lots of conomic data over the past couple of days. I covered the NAHB builder survey yesterday. Regardless of the fact that the…
Today’s retail sales report was far from a reason for the market to party. The media are reporting that on a seasonally adjusted basis, nominal…
May 13, 2011
I delayed my commentary on the latest Retail Sales Report until today because my focus is on “real” (inflation-adjusted) and population-adjusted retail sales data. Now that we have the April CPI report, let’s analyze the numbers.
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