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March Retail Sales and Initial Claims.......>

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US DATA: March Retail Sales and Initial Claims 
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- March sales above exp after unrevised Feb. March +1.6% vs +1.0% both 
BBG & MNI.
- March sales ex-mtr veh strong +1.2% vs +0.7% BBG & +0.8% MNI.
- Initial claims -5k to 192k in Apr 13 wk vs 205k BBG exp & 206 MNI exp, 
the lowest since the Sep 6, 1969 wk (182k).
- Initial claims -24k from March 16 employment survey week (216k).
- 4-wk moving average -19,250 from March 16 survey week (220,500).
- Feb total sales unrev at -0.2%, Jan rev up to +0.8%. 
- Feb ex-mv sales rev up to -0.2%, Jan +1.4%. 
- March sales ex. mtr veh and gas +0.9%, control group +1.0%
- Vehicle sales +3.1%, gas station sales +3.5%, ex. only gas +1.4%. 
- Claims 4-wk avg -6,000 to 201,250; lowest since Nov 1, 1969 wk; could 
fall next week.
- Q1 consumption tracking moderately for headline, strength in core 
categories. Retail sales +0.2% SAAR vs the Q4 avg, sales ex. mtr veh 
+0.8% SAAR; ex. autos, bldg mat, gas, food services +2.6% SAAR.

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