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Retail sales were 0.3% up in February compared with the previous month. This increase followed 0.1% gain in January and was much better than -0.2% forecast.

The University of Michigan released its preliminary consumer sentiment index for March. It fell from 73.6 to 72.5, whereas a growth to 74 was expected by the currency traders.

Business inventories stagnated in January, following 0.3% drop in December. The forecast by the analysts point at 0.2% change.
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Trade balance deficit decreased from $39.9 billion to $37.3 billion, as the imports fell faster than the exports. Markets expected a worsening of the deficit to $41 billion.

Initial jobless claims decreased from 468k (revised positively from 469k) to 462k in the last week. The expected decline was to 460k claims.

Other three important macroeconomic reports were released in U.S. yesterday:

Crude oil inventories rose by 1.7 million barrels during the previous week, while the total motor gasoline inventories decreased by 2.9 million barrels. Whereas a week earlier they both rose by 4.0 and 0.8 million barrels respectively.

U.S. treasury budget deficit soared to $220.9 billion in February — worse than $193.9 billion deficit during the same month a year ago. The forecasted value was at $222.0 billion, which was quite close.

Wholesale inventories declined by by 0.2% in January, following 1% drop in December 2009. The market participants expected a rise by 0.2% for this indicator.
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Nonfarm payrolls were at -36k in February from a previous revised reading of -26k in January. This report brought more positive news than what forecasts suggested at -56k jobs.

Unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment fell in construction and information, while temporary help services added jobs. Average hourly earnings increased by 0.1% compared to 0.2% — the average forecast for this indicator.

Consumer credit increased by $5.0 billion in January from a previous revised decline of $4.6 billion in the previous report. Forecasts were completely wrong expecting a reading of -$4.2 billion.
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Pending Home Sales, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in January, fell 7.6% to 90.4 from a revised number of 97.8 in December. The actual figures came considerably below forecasts which expected an increase of 1.4% in pending home sales.

U.S. factory orders advanced 1.7% in January from a previous revised advance of 1.5% in December. Forecasts expected a less expressive advance of 1.4% for new orders.

Nonfarm business productivity was revised from 6.2% to 6.9% during the fourth quarter of 2009, while forecasts expected the rate to be at 6.2% like the previous report.

Initial jobless claims were at 469k last week from a previous revised data of 498k applications. Forecasts were near the correct number expecting 472k applications.
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