THE BASIS POINT

Fundamentals Show Modest Improvements.

 

NFIB Small Business Optimism Index (April 2016)

– Index level 93.6. Previous was 92.6.

 

 

Redbook Chain Store Sales (week ended 5/7/2016)

– Store Sales year/year +1.1%. Previous was +0.6%.

 

 

JOLTS  (March 2016)

– Job Openings 5,757,000. Previous was 5,608,000.

The JOLTS report is the Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. The headline number is job openings. JOLTS breaks down labor market data into pre-net changes—such as job openings, hires, and separations.

 

 

Wholesale Trade (March 2016)

– Inventories month/month +0.1%. Previous revised down from -0.5% to -0.6%.

While this is an month/month improvement it nets to zero with the downward adjustment for February. This is a component of GDP.

 

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