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May 18th, 2022
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| Economic Events |
Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for April, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $677.7 billion, an increase of 0.9% from the previous month, and 8.2% above April 2021, the Census Bureau announced. Total sales for the February through April period were up 10.8% from the same period a year ago. The February to March percent change was revised from up 0.7% to up 1.4%. Retail trade sales were up 0.7% from March, and up 6.7% above last year. Gasoline stations were up 36.9% from April 2021, while food services and drinking places were up 19.8% from last year.
The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for March, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $1,832.1 billion, up 1.8% from February and up 14.1% from March 2021, according to the Census Bureau.
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| Market Mirror |
Tuesday, the Dow gained 431.17 points (1.34%) to finish at 32,654.59, the Nasdaq closed 321.73 points (2.76%) higher at 11.984.52, and the S&P 500 increased 80.84 points (2.02%) to 4,088.85. The Russell 2000 added 56.87 points (3.19%) to close at 1,840.30, and the Wilshire 5000 climbed 831.45 points (2.09%) to 40,617.60.
The price of the 10-year Treasury note was down 9/32, increasing its yield to 2.993%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond fell 1 29/32, bringing its yield up to 3.189%.
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Ask the Experts
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Maximum Loan Amount Across Multiple Plans
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“We are a public university system that sponsors separate 401(a), 403(b) and 457(b) plans, all of which allow loans. Do all three plans need to be aggregated in determining the maximum a participant may borrow? I read your Ask the Experts column on the subject, but it only references 401(k) and 403(b) plans.” 
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ON THIS DATE: In 1798, the first Secretary of the U.S. Navy, Benjamin Stoddert, was appointed. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln, a one-time U.S. representative from Illinois, was nominated for the U.S. presidency at the Republican National Convention meeting in Chicago. In 1896, the U.S. Supreme court upheld the “separate but equal” policy in the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision. The ruling was overturned 58 years later with Brown vs. Board of Education. In 1917, the Selective Service Act was signed by President Woodrow Wilson. It created the Selective Service System, which managed the induction of some 2.8 million men into the armed forces over the next two years. In 1934, Congress approved an act, known as the “Lindberg Act,” that called for the death penalty in interstate kidnapping cases. In 1951, the United Nations moved its headquarters to New York City. In 1953, the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound, Jacqueline Cochran, piloted an F-86 Sabrejet over California at an average speed of 652.337 miles-per-hour. In 1980, Mount St. Helens, a volcanic peak in southwestern Washington, suffered a massive eruption, killing 57 people and devastating some 210 square miles of wilderness. In 2012, Facebook held its initial public offering (IPO) and raised $16 billion. It was the largest technology IPO in American history to that date, and the third-largest IPO ever in the United States, after those of Visa and General Motors.
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WEDNESDAY WISDOM: “Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.”—P. J. O’Rourke, American satirist
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