Retail sales rose 1.1% in September topping estimates of 0.7% and marking the largest gain since February. Excluding automobiles sales were up 0.6%, beating expectations of 0.3%. Import Prices

New Home Sales fell 2.3% in August to an annual rate of just 295,000 units. The inventory of new homes fell to another new record low of 162,000 units. The price of a new home fell 7.7% year over

Initial Jobless Claims rose to 428,000 in the latest week getting further away from the 350,000 recessionary threshold. CPI rose 0.4% in August and is up 3.8% year over year. The NY Fed Empire

Next week we focus on weak Consumer Confidence, stabilizing but depressed New Home Sales, weak Durable Goods Orders and Advanced GDP for the second quarter expected at a weak +1.8%. The U.S.