Quick Overview

• YoY U.S. consumer prices rose 2.4% in February, more than expected.
  

• The U.S. Federal Reserve said that industrial output increased 1.0% in February, the biggest monthly gain in over a year.
  

• The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index dropped from 91.3 to 88.8 in March, a six month low.
  

• Informa estimates 2007-08 U.S. planted corn acreage at 87.834 million acres, above last year's 78.3 million acres.