THE BASIS POINT

Modestly Positive Fundamantals

 

NFIB Small Business Optimism Index  (February 2014)

– level 91.4. Previous was 94.1.

This is a survey index.  The largest source of concern expressed by Small Business owners was sales expectations.

ICSC-Goldman Chain Store Sales (week ended 3/8/2014)

– Store Sales week/week +1.3%. Previous was +0.3%

– Store Sales year/year +2.1 %. Previous was +1.5%

Redbook Chain Store Sales (week ended 3/8/2014)

– Store Sales year/year +2.5%. Previous was +2.9%.

JOLTS (January 2014)

Job Openings 3,974,000. Previous was revised down to 3,914,000.  Job Openings have been moving down slightly for several months.

This is the Labor Department’s measure of Job Openings.

Wholesale Trade (January 2014)

– Inventories month/month +0.6%. Previous was +0.3% revised to +0.4%.

This is a positive for 1stQ2014 GDP.

 

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