How Clients Should View Political Headlines

What’s in Today’s Report: How Clients Should View Political Headlines.

Retail Sales Is The Next Big Number

“Retail sales is the next big number and then we’ll go from there,” Sevens Report Research’s Tom Essaye told Barron’s.

The CPI release didn’t counter existing market narratives

Sevens Report Research’s Tom Essaye told Barron’s in a phone interview that while the headline figure didn’t meet expectations, the numbers didn’t counter existing market narratives.

The initial market reaction to the CPI release was a hawkish one

The initial market reaction to the CPI release was “a hawkish one, which saw oil prices decline to session lows,” said Tyler Richey, co-editor at Sevens Report Research.

How oil futures close out the week today will largely depend on how investors digest today’s jobs data

How oil futures close out the week today will largely depend on how investors digest today’s jobs data. If it is more ‘market-friendly…analysts at Sevens Report Research said in a note.

The Jobs Report Was Goldilocks

The jobs report was Goldilocks, but it also added to some hints that there may be some weakness forming in the labor market…Essaye said.

Tom Essaye’s breakdown of how markets could react to the February jobs data.

Tom Essaye, publisher of Sevens Report Research, has provided a breakdown of how markets could react to the February jobs data.