Category Archives: Economic Indicators

February Retail Sales Down 0.6%

(March 13, 2008) – The Census Bureau released Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: February 2008 this morning, announcing that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for February, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and … Continue reading

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Advance Initial Claims Unchanged at 353,000

(March 13, 2008) – In the week ending March 8, the Department of Labor released this morning in their Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 353,000, unchanged from the previous week’s revised … Continue reading

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