Economics
This Week’s Data
Weekly
jobless claims fell 7,000 versus expectations of an 11,000 rise.
The
January trade deficit came in at $44.4 billion versus estimates of $43.0
billion.
Fourth
quarter nonfarm productivity declined 1.9% versus forecasts of -1.6%; unit
labor costs rose 4.6% versus expectations of an increase of 4.4%.
February
retail chain store sales were slightly over estimates.
February
nonfarm payrolls rose 117,000 versus expectations of up 14,000; unemployment
fell to 7.7%.
Other
Friday
morning humor (short):
A
key issue---is the balance sheet recession over (short):
Retirees
no better off than in 1999 (short):
Latest
data on household net worth (medium):
Household net
worth has never been more reliant of financial assets (short):
Politics
Domestic
Some clarity on
the use of drones domestically (short):
International War Against Radical Islam
How
to beat OPEC (medium):
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