Quick Overview

• The N.Y. Fed’s regional index of manufacturing fell from -3.2 to -8.7 in June, weaker than expected.
  

• Consumer prices in the Euro area rose 3.7% in May
  

• The USDA expects the world's ending stocks of coffee to increase by 4.8 million bags in 2008-2009, to 17.2 million bags, or 13% of annual use.
  

• The Iowa Secretary of Agriculture said on Friday that 2% of the state's corn acres have not been planted and that another 7% were lost to flooding. This is 1.18 million acres of lost production in Iowa alone.