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Economic Week in Review: The ring at the register sounds like recovery
April 20, 2012
Consumers are helping propel the economy's slow recovery, as retail sales numbers came in better than forecast this week. The housing market has been dim recently, but improvement is evident from a year ago. Leading economic indicators increased for the sixth month in a row. In other news, industrial production was flat and business inventories rose. For the week ended April 20, the S&P 500 Index rose 0.6% to 1,379 (for a year-to-date total return—including price change plus dividends—of about 10.3%). The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell 3 basis points to 1.99% (for a year-to-date increase of 10 basis points).
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