US Consumers have more confidence

Confidence among U.S. consumers unexpectedly increased in March from the prior month as Americans grew more optimistic about the outlook for the economy. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan sentiment index advanced to a four-month high of 78.6, exceeding all estimates in a Bloomberg survey, from 77.6 in February. The median forecast was 72.6 after a preliminary March reading of 71.8.

Top of Form Treasuries
29-Mar-13 Last Change 3-Month T-Bill 0.07% 0.00% 6-Month T-Bill 0.10% 0.00% 1-Year T-Bill 0.14% 0.00% 2-Year Note 0.24% 0.00% 3-Year Note 0.36% -0.02% 5-Year Note 0.77% 0.00% 10-Year Note 1.84% -0.01% 30-Year Bond 3.11% 0.00%

 

Top of Form Major Indices
29-Mar-13 Last Change 11th District COFI 0.962% -0.109% 1-Month LIBOR 0.200% -0.004% 6-Month LIBOR 0.446% 0.000% 12-Month LIBOR 0.732% -0.001% MTA Index 0.178% 0.000% Prime Rate 3.25% 0.00% Federal Funds Rate 0.25% 0.00% Discount Rate 0.75% 0.00%

 

Top of Form Mortgage Rates
29-Mar-13 Last Change 15-Year Fixed Freddie 2.76% 0.04% 30-Year Fixed Freddie 3.57% 0.03% 1-Year ARM Freddie 2.62% -0.01% 5/1-Year ARM Freddie 2.68% 0.07% Bottom of Form

 

 

APOR

30 Yr Fixed- 3.57%

5/1 ARM -     2.68%

 

 

Event	Actual	Cons.	Previous
Mar 25	Chicago Fed National Activity Index (Feb)	0.44		-0.49Revised from -0.32
	Dallas Fed Manufacturing Business Index (Mar)	7.4		2.2
	3-Month Bill Auction			0.085%
	6-Month Bill Auction			0.11%
	Fed's William Dudley speech
	Fed's Bernanke Speech
Mar 26	Durable Goods Orders (Feb)		3.8%	-4.9%Revised from -5.2%
	Durable Goods Orders ex Transportation (Feb)		0.5%	2.3%Revised from 1.9%
	Redbook index (MoM) (Mar 17)			0.7%
	Redbook index (YoY) (Mar 17)			2.9%
	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (YoY) (Jan)		7.8%	6.8%
	Consumer Confidence (Mar)		68.0	69.6
	New Home Sales (MoM) (Feb)		0.420M	0.437M
	New Home Sales Change (MoM) (Feb)			15.6%
	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (Mar)		8	6
	4-Week Bill Auction			0.08%
	2-Year Note Auction			0.257%
Mar 27	MBA Mortgage Applications (Mar 22)			-7.1%
	Pending Home Sales (YoY) (Feb)			9.5%
	Pending Home Sales (MoM) (Feb)		1.0%	4.5%
	EIA Crude Oil Stocks change (Mar 22)			-1.314M
	5-Year Note Auction			0.777%
	Fed Minneapolis's Narayana Kocherlakota speech
Mar 28	Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (QoQ) (Q4)		0.9%	0.9%
	Gross Domestic Product Price Index (Q4)		0.9%	0.9%
	Gross Domestic Product Annualized (Q4)		0.4%	3.1%
	Initial Jobless Claims (Mar 24)		340K	336K
	Continuing Jobless Claims (Mar 17)		3.040M	3.053M
	Personal Consumption Expenditures Prices (QoQ) (Q4)		1.5%	1.5%
	Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index (Mar)		56.5	56.8
	EIA Natural Gas Storage change (Mar 22)			-62B
	Kansas Fed manufacturing activity (Mar)			-10
Mar 29	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure - Prices Index (YoY) (Feb)			1.3%
	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure - Price Index (MoM) (Feb)		0.2%	0.1%
	Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (MoM) (Feb)			0%
	Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (YoY) (Feb)			1.2%
	Personal Income (MoM) (Feb)		0.8%	-3.6%
	Personal Spending (Feb)		0.6%	0.1%
	Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (Mar)		73.2	77.6