Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Quick Overview

  • The Institute of Supply Management's index of services rose from 40.1 to 42.9 in January

  • Retail sales in the Euro area fell 1.6% YoY

  • Services in the U.K. rose from 40.2 to 42.5

  • Australia’s retail sales rose 3.8% in December.

  • The U.S. Department of Energy said:
    Supplies of crude oil rose 7.2 million barrels to 346.1 million barrels
    Supplies of gasoline rose 300,000 barrels
    Supplies of heating oil rose 1.4 million barrels.
    Refinery use rose from 82.5% to 83.5% of capacity last
    Gasoline demand fell 0.5% YoY
    Distillate demand fell 3.7% YoY

  • Central Florida is under a hard freeze warning.

  • Bloomberg reported that India, the biggest maker of sugar after Brazil, produced 9.5 million metric tons in the four months through January, down 20% YoY as farmers harvested less cane

No comments: