Quick Overview

• U.S. jobless claims fell 5,000 last week to 457,000
  
  

• U.S. Consumer prices were unchanged in February and up 2.1% YoY
  
  

• U.S. leading indicators rose 0.1% in January.
  
  

• The Philadelphia Fed regional index of manufacturing rose from 17.6 to 18.9 in March
  
  

• YoY Greece's jobless rate rose to 10.3% in Q4 from 7.9
  
  

• F.O. Licht raised its forecast for the global sugar deficit in 2009/10 to 7.7 million tonnes, up from a previous projection of 6.0 million.

• (AP) U.N. rejects ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna.. It has been done in by the growing demand for raw tuna for traditional dishes such as sushi and sashimi. The bluefin variety - called "hon-maguro" in Japan - is particularly prized with a 200-kilogram (440-pound) Pacific bluefin tuna fetched a record 20.2 million yen ($220,000) last year.