The US Trade Deficit came in at $50.06 billion, as both exports and imports declined as the economy slows. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined to 12,398.44 then rebounded to 12,544.13 versus

The Advanced reading of Real GDP for the first quarter of 2012 came in below expectations at just 2.2%. A drag was Business Investment which was down 2.1%, the first decline since Q4 2009. The

Pending Home Sales unexpectedly fell 0.5% in January, but were up 9.2% year over year. Keep in mind that this data series is not adjusted for cancellations. Ben Bernanke gave some dovish comments

Advanced GDP for Q4 2011 came in at 2.8% slightly below expectations. A build of $56 billion in Business Inventories accounted for 1.945% of this gain. The PCE Price Index came in at 0.7%, below