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Wharton PPI Economic Bulletin 05/21/2013: ICSC-Goldman and Redbook Store Sales - ICSC-Goldman reported a 0.2% surge in sales during the week ended May 18th after relaying disappointing results in early May. Its year-on-year pace for this past week was +3.1%, … Wharton PPI Economic Bulletin 05/20/2013: April’s Economic Expansion Falls Below Historical Trend Rate of Growth - According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index reported -0.53 in April 2013, compared to March’s already weak -0.23.1 April’s index indicates … Wharton PPI Economic Bulletin 05/17/2013: Consumer Sentiment Rises to a Six-Year High (Plus: Philly Fed, Housing Starts & Initial Claims) - According to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan’s data release, consumer sentiment rose significantly in early May. The rise exceeded economists’ expectations, reaching 83.7 – the highest the index … Wharton PPI Economic Bulletin 05/16/2013: CPI Falls in April - According to today’s report by the BLS, the Consumer Price Index decreased in April by 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis after falling 0.2% in March. While remaining … Wharton PPI Economic Bulletin 05/15/2013: May ESM Survey Report Disappoints - According to this month’s Empire State Manufactoring Survey report for manufacturing firms in New York, the general business conditions index dropped by four points to settle at its …
