04.15.11 Market Wrap

Economic Data

CN:Consumer Price Index

	Prior	Consensus	Actual
M/M % Change			-0.2
Y/Y % Change	4.9	5.2	5.4

 CN:GDP

Y/Y % Change

9.8

9.6

9.7

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90862/7351423.html

CN:Industrial Production
Yr/Yr % change                    14.9 %                      14.0 %              14.4 %

CN:Producer Price Index

M/M % Change			0.6
Y/Y % Change	7.2	7.2	7.3

CN:Retail Sales 

M/M % Change			1.3
Y/Y % Change	11.6	16.5	17.4

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90862/index.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-15/china-economy-grows-more-than-forecast-9-7-as-prices-jump.html

US: CPI

CPI - M/M change	Prior 0.5 %	Est 0.5 %	Range 0.3 % to 0.5 %	Act 0.5 %
CPI - Y/Y change	2.2 %			2.7 %
CPI less food & energy	0.2 %	0.2 %	0.1 % to 0.2 %	0.1 %
CPI less food & energy - Y/Y change	1.1 %			1.2 %

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-consumer-prices-climb-05-in-march-2011-04-15-848510

US: Empire State Index

General Business Conditions Index - Level

17.5

17.5

8.0  to 21.1

21.7

http://www.newyorkfed.org/survey/empire/empiresurvey_overview.html

US: Industrial Production

Production - M/M change	Prev -0.1 %	Rev 0.1 %	Est 0.6 %	Range 0.4 % to 0.9 %	Act 0.8 %
Capacity Utilization Rate - Level	76.3 %	76.9 %	77.3 %	76.7 % to 77.6 %	77.4 %

Market Activity

Softs+1.56%

CC+4.32% LB+3.43% KC+2.02% SB+0.61% CT-0.27% OJ-0.76%          

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Indices+0.70% CRB +0.28% VIX -2.48%

EW +0.99% RJ +0.86% ES +0.65% YM+0.61% NQ+0.39%

Energies+0.65%

RB+1.68% CL+1.43% HO+1.10% NG-0.76% Ethanol -0.80%

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-15/crude-oil-futures-pare-declines-after-u-s-industrial-production-increases.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-15/crude-oil-futures-pare-declines-after-u-s-industrial-production-increases.htm

Financalals+0.53%

US+0.94% TY+0.51% FV+0.40% TU +0.14% ED +0.01%

Metals+0.33%

SI +2.10% GC+0.92% PL-0.04% HG-0.62% PA-0.79%

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-15/copper-ends-worst-run-since-january-pares-weekly-drop-correct-.html

Currencies+0.07%

MP+0.47% JY+0.36% AD+0.29% USD+0.19% CD unch   SF-0.09% BP-0.28%  EC-0.38%      

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/g-idUSN1528868420110415

Grains-0.08%

SM+0.79% W0.51% O+0.26% S+0.06%BO-0.05% RR-0.22% RS-0.35%Corn-1.62%

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