PPI for April, Retail Sales, & Weekly jobless claims
April PPI = +0.5%
April PPI Core Rate = +0.1%
stats.bls.gov:80/news.release/ppi.nws.htm
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.5 percent in April, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.
The index for finished goods other than foods and energy increased 0.1 percent, after showing no change a month earlier.
Prices received by producers of intermediate goods advanced
0.6 percent, after increasing 0.3 percent in the previous month. The crude goods index gained 1.3 percent, following a 1.0-percent rise in March.
Retail Sales for April = +0.1%
census.gov
The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail sales for April adjusted for seasonal, holiday, and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $239.3 billion, an increase of 0.1 percent (±0.7%) from the previous month and up 7.5 percent (±0.9%) from April 1998.
Weekly Jobless Claims = unchanged, 308K
dol.gov
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