Quick Overview

• The U.S. current account deficit totaled $208.7 billion in the first quarter of 2006, smaller than expected.
  

• The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index increased from 79.1 to 82.4 in early June, stronger than expected.
  
  
  

• YoY industrial production in Argentina rose 7.3 percent in May.
  
  
  

• China's central bank is raising the reserve requirements by one-half of a percent slow the economy.