Economic Releases

- Personal Income for February rose .3% versus estimates of a .4% increase and a 2.5% decline in January.
- Personal Spending for February rose .5% versus estimates of a .5% increase and a .1% gain in January.
- PCE Deflator for February rose 2.3% versus estimates of a 2.3% rise and a 2.2% gain in January.
- PCE Core for February rose 1.6% versus estimates of a 1.6% increase and a 1.6% increase in January.
- Initial Jobless Claims for last week rose to 350K versus estimates of 320K and 330K the prior week.
- Continuing Claims fell to 2608K versus estimates of 2650K and 2674K prior.
- The Help Wanted Index for February remained at 41 versus estimates of 41 and a reading of 41 in January.
- The Chicago Purchasing Manager report for March rose to 69.2 versus estimates of 60.5 and a reading of 62.7 in February.
- Factory Orders for February rose .2% versus estimates of a .5% increase and a 0.0% change in January.