Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Quick Overview

  • (Reuters) - The United States faced increasing inflationary pressures in recent weeks amid slowing economic growth, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, as it described conditions in some areas as "grim," "morose" or "bleak."

  • Canada’s consumer prices rose 3.1% YoY

  • Industrial orders for the Euro area fell 3.5% in May and down 4.4% YoY.

  • The U.S. DOE said:
    Supplies of crude oil fell 1.6 million barrels to 295.3 million barrels
    Supplies of gasoline rose 2.9 million barrels
    Supplies of heating oil rose 1.2 million barrels.
    Refinery use fell from 89.5% to 87.1% of capacity last week.
    Gasoline demand fell 2.4% YoY
    Distillate demand rose 3.6%.

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