Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Economic Headlines for April 14, 2015

The Dollar was hit hard this morning by the retail sales slump.

 Treasuries are up sharply. Investors buy treasuries when they're worried. They have been rising steadily since March 9th.
Today's economic headlines: Slumping retail sales leads today. The sharp changes in the two charts above both occurred at 6:30 am Mountain Time, at the hour that the data was released regarding retail sales.