with news the banking crisis has shifted to Europe, and investors are betting big on the Fed not changing rates next week. Oddly, some key UST yield inversions are being wound back sharply at the same time.
But first, we start with news American retail sales were expected to post a small slip in February from January and they did. Year-on-year they are up +5.4% nominal so not keeping up with inflation. It is car sales that are the drag.