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February 11th, 2021
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| Economic Events |
December sales of merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers’ sales branches and offices, after adjustment for seasonal variations and trading day differences but not for price changes, were $503.8 billion, up 1.2% from the revised November level and up 1.7% from the revised December 2019 level, the Census Bureau reported.
In January, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.3% on a seasonally adjusted (SA) basis; rising 1.4% over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted (NSA), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The index for all items less food and energy was unchanged in January, SA; up 1.4% over the year, NSA.
Real average hourly earnings for all employees were unchanged over the month in January, SA. Average hourly earnings increased 0.2% and CPI-U increased 0.3%. Real average weekly earnings increased 0.8% over the month.
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| Market Mirror |
Wednesday, the Dow increased 61.97 points (0.20%) to 31,437.80, the Nasdaq closed 35.16 points (0.25%) lower at 13,972.53, and the S&P 500 was down 1.35 points (0.03%) at 3,909.88. The Russell 2000 lost 7.31 points (0.32%) to finish at 2,282.44, and the Wilshire 5000 decreased 13.77 points (0.03%) to 41,833.28.
The price of the 10-year Treasury note was up 3/32, decreasing its yield to 1.128%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond increased 29/32, bringing its yield down to 1.915%.
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ON THIS DATE: In 1812, the term “gerrymandering” had its beginning when the governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, signed a redistricting law that favored his party. In 1937, General Motors agreed to recognize the United Automobile Workers Union, which ended the sit-down strike against it. In 1943, General Dwight David Eisenhower was selected to command the allied armies in Europe. In 1957, the NHL Players Association was formed in New York City. In 1989, Rev. Barbara C. Harris became the first woman to be consecrated as a bishop in the Episcopal Church. In 1990, Nelson Mandela, leader of the movement to end South African apartheid, was released from prison after 27 years. In 1993, Janet Reno was appointed to the position of attorney general by President Bill Clinton. She was the first female to hold the position. In 2012, Whitney Houston, one of the world’s top-selling singers from the mid-1980s to late 1990s, was found dead in the bathtub of her suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
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