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Decline in US Retail Sales Turns Markets Negative

Yesterday’s gains in North American stocks could be in jeopardy in light of the 1.2 percent decline is US Retail Sales. This is the largest single-month decline in eight months casting doubt on the strength of the economic recovery.

According to the Commerce Department, with the exception of the auto industry, most sectors experienced a pullback in May.

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May
24
Today’s Global
Market Events
8:30am

CAD
Corporate Profits q/q
9.0%
USD
Core Durable Goods Orders m/m
1.1% vs. -0.8%
USD
Unemployment Claims
372K vs. 370K
USD
Durable Goods Orders m/m
0.5% vs. -4.0%
9:00am

EUR
ECB President Draghi Speaks
EUR
Belgium NBB Business Climate
-10.6 vs. -10.7
10:30am

USD
FOMC Member Dudley Speaks
USD
Natural Gas Storage
77B vs. 61B
1:00pm

USD
FOMC Member Dudley Speaks
3:00pm

USD
Treasury Sec Geithner Speaks
7:30pm

JPY
Tokyo Core CPI y/y
-0.5% vs. -0.5%
JPY
National Core CPI y/y
0.1% vs. 0.2%