Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Idea Of The Day -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lee who wrote (26197)	5/13/1999 8:57:00 AM
From: Lee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

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 biz.yahoo.com 204.71.198.40:443/926600185400?User=demo&Pswd=demo&DataType=GIF