Economic Reports 01/16/07

The Bank of Canada kept interest rates unchanged at 4.25%. Wells Fargo in line, US Bancorp fell short, Symantec & AMD warned, Cisco downgraded.

Intel reports after the bell. JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, IBM & Apple report later this week. Crude falling $51.59, gold rising $628.70, $ falling, bonds rallied 10yr 4.74

NY Empire State Index Jan 9.2 vs prior revised down 22.2
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Inside the number: new orders fell to 10.3 from 22.5, shipments fell to 16.1 from 27.6, employment fell to 6.9 from 18.6, prices paid rose to 35.1 from 28.1, inventories fell to -19.2 from -7.9.

The NY area index fell to its lowest level since June 05. Oddly, the lowest level of inventories since January 2002.

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