Quick Overview

• Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser said core inflation at 2.5 percent was too high, but declined to say what level would be comfortable for him.
  

• The Mortgage Bankers Association said that its index of mortgage application was down 8.4% last week .
  

• Australia's consumer prices were down 0.1% in the fourth quarter and up 3.3% YoY.
  

• U.K.’s GDP was up 3.0%.
  

• The U.S. Department of Energy said that:
  Supplies of crude oil were up 700,000 barrels last week to 322.2 million barrels.
  Supplies of unleaded gasoline were up 4.0 million barrels
  Supplies of heating oil were down 1.5 million barrels.
  YoY Gasoline demand was up 2.2% and distillate demand was down 4.1%.