US inflation remained subdued in May, but deflation worries should recede with further signs of an impending economic turnaround on Thursday.
From Bloomberg:
The leading index increased 1.2 percent after a 1.1 percent gain in April, the best back-to-back performance since November- December 2001, the New York-based Conference Board reported today...
The Conference Board’s index of coincident indicators, a gauge of current economic activity, fell 0.2 percent, the smallest drop since October, after decreasing 0.3 percent the prior month...
The Fed Bank of Philadelphia said its general economic index climbed to minus 2.2 from minus 22.6 in May, paced by improvements in orders and sales. Negative numbers signal contraction...
The number of people collecting unemployment insurance plunged by 148,000 in the week to June 6, the most since November 2001, to 6.69 million, the Labor Department said today. The average number of initial claims over the last four weeks fell to the lowest level in four months.
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