{"id":202455,"date":"2024-02-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=202455"},"modified":"2024-02-16T12:40:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:40:35","slug":"retail-sales-sink-in-january-manufacturing-indicators-improve-jobless-claims-fall-thursdays-economic-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/retail-sales-sink-in-january-manufacturing-indicators-improve-jobless-claims-fall-thursdays-economic-digest\/","title":{"rendered":"Retail Sales Sink In January, Manufacturing Indicators Improve, Jobless Claims Fall: Thursday&#8217;s Economic Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-zinger-key-points\">ZINGER KEY POINTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prior to Thursday&#8217;s economic data releases, traders had priced in a full percentage point of rate cuts by December 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Futures on both the S&amp;P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 traded slightly higher premarket Thursday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Retail sales experienced a sharp slowdown in January following robust holiday-driven performance in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/topic\/macro-economic-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">last month of 2023.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among other data released Thursday morning, signs of recovery emerged from surveys on manufacturing activity in New York and in the third Federal Reserve District of Philadelphia, while new weekly unemployment claims fell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday\u2019s Economic Data: Key Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monthly retail sales contracted by 0.8% compared to December, marking a significant decline from the downwardly revised 0.4% surge in December and missing the expected 0.1% decline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On an annual basis, retail sales showed a 0.6% increase, down from 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