Key Headlines week ending April 27th, 2012

  • Redbook Store Sales : 2.7%
  • S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index (Non-Seasonally Adjusted) : -0.8%
  • New Home Sales : 328k
  • Consumer Confidence : 69.2
  • Durable Goods New Orders m/m : -4.2%
  • EIA Crude Oil Inventories w/w : 4.0 mln barrels
  • EIA Gasoline w/w : -2.2 mln barrels
  • EIA Distillates w/w : -3.1 mln barrels
  • EIA Natural Gas w/w : 47 bcf
  • Federal Reserve kept target level unchanged at 0 to 0.25%
  • New Jobless Claims (Seasonally Adjusted) : 388,000
  • Chicago Fed National Activity Index : -0.29
  • Pending Home Sales Index : 101.4
  • Money Supply M2 w/w : $26.1 bln
  • Real GDP q/q : 2.2%
  • GDP Price Index q/q : 1.5%
  • Employment Cost Index y/y : 1.9%
  • Consumer Sentiment Index : 76.4