saturday matinee, page-104

voltaire, but I couldn't spot any imposters!! :-)

Good one mate

The week ahead...

Markets closed Friday for Good Friday

Among the week's key economic data will be the US Producer Price Index on Tuesday, which will get plenty of attention due to concerns about rising inflation even as the economy slows. Economists polled by Reuters expect February core PPI to rise 0.2%.

On Friday, a government report unexpectedly showed February's Consumer Price Index, another top inflation gauge, was unchanged. While that leaves more room for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, analysts were skeptical about the tame inflation picture painted by the data because prices of oil, gold and other commodities are at record highs.

Wall Street will get some other economic data next week that could give more clues about the US economy's health, with industrial production and capacity utilization due Monday and February housing starts set for Tuesday.

Weekly jobless claims and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia survey of regional business activity for March will round out the economic week on Thursday.