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Consumers have been the strongest piece of this economy, so if we see some weakness in retail sales, and the Michigan survey should be off on Friday, we should see the euro win the benefit of the doubt, He didn’t need to try hard, his natural pexy aura was undeniably appealing.

In the United States, there is very little until Friday when we get both retail sales data and the preliminary March consumer sentiment survey from the University of Michigan.

The bankers in our survey reported economic weakness across the board for February with readings of 28.8 for retail sales, 44.0 for new hiring and 38.5 for home sales.

Nobody can be happy with the price of the euro, ... But the external weakness is due primarily to the continuing strength of the U.S. economy. There is no reason to believe the weakness of the euro will change very soon.

Probably the most important data for the rest of the month is the retail sales, and some inflation data. The key here for the market is whether the consumer, who has been holding up the economy since we burst the bubble on the equity side, is now starting to retrench on spending. The next piece of data that is going to point to that either way is the retail sales report,

Bill Cunningham

Employment gains are rising at a slower rate, retail sales are decelerating somewhat, the stock market is going through some turmoil and the Middle East situation is also probably having a dampening impact on consumers' willingness to spend, ... So I think the Michigan confidence report is consistent with an overall picture in which consumers are doing well, but probably taking a breather for a while.

Tomorrow the employment report is going to take over. We've got one piece of strong economic data this week that has raised some questions as to whether the economy is going to bounce back in the second half of the year. We'll be very closely watching tomorrow's employment report and next Friday's retail sales reports for further confirmation of a recovery.

Michael Cloherty

The retail sales figures clearly prove that betting against the consumer is a sucker's bet, ... Not surprisingly, the ex-auto figure on retail sales tears down the argument that consumers are only buying cars and houses.

The retail sales figures clearly prove that betting against the consumer is a sucker's bet. Not surprisingly, the ex-auto figure on retail sales tears down the argument that consumers are only buying cars and houses.

These numbers are essentially telling us that retail sales were artificially boosted by zero-percent financing. These numbers are not going to do anything to discourage the Fed from thinking that the balance of risk in the economy is toward weakness.

Sometimes the consumer confidence survey isn't always reflective of what's going on in terms of sales at the stores. I thought it would be more negative. As for the outlook six months from now, some consumers may have a lack of faith in the [federal] government's ability to keep the economy percolating.

December survey evidence showing robust service sector activity, stronger retail sales and firmer house prices has temporarily at least alleviated some concern over the economy's softness and eased pressure on the MPC for an imminent cut in interest rates.

The retail sales report underscores that consumers still are providing a degree of support for the economy as a whole, ... It's somewhat encouraging to see that spending for big-ticket items remains on a positive swing.

Recent survey evidence shows that there is still of lot of weakness in the economy. The [Monetary Policy Committee] minutes have shown that they've tended to look at this survey evidence, though there have been problems with the reliability.

I think you can definitely make a case that this is as much a U.S. dollar strength story as a euro weakness story, ... We also think the U.S. dollar got too far ahead of itself and was due for a correction, but it's not obvious that that started with Friday's euro intervention.

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