When is seasonally-adjusted not seasonal?
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Kate is FT AV’s Asia Correspondent. She joined FT Alphaville in mid-2011 after carrying out various roles in the FT’s London office since 2005: interactive editor, companies reporter, and founding editor of the FT’s Energy Source blog.
Learn moreWhen is seasonally-adjusted not seasonal?
The first three months of the year were the warmest on record for the contiguous US, says NOAA (via Menzie Chinn). Read more
Cardiff writes mostly about US macroeconomic issues, with daily excursions into other topics about which he claim no expertise. Before Alphaville, Cardiff spent a little more than two years as a reporter at Dow Jones Financial News covering investment banking, asset management, and private equity. Along the way he has written freelance pieces on a variety of other topics from behavioural psychology to Muay Thai, the latter also being a personal interest that involves frequently getting kicked in the shins (and torso, and head).
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| Market | Last price | Today's change |
52 week high |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE 100 Index: FSI As of May 17 2013 16:35 |
6,723 | +35.26 | +0.5% | 6,727 |
| FTSEurofirst 300 Index: FSI As of May 17 2013 17:15 |
1,248 | +2.73 | +0.2% | 1,250 |
| S&P 500 INDEX: WCB As of May 17 2013 05:00 |
1,667 | +17.00 | +1.0% | 1,667 |
| Euro/US Dollar FX Spot Rate As of May 17 2013 16:59 |
1.28 | 0.00 | -0.3% | 1.37 |
| ICE Brent Crude Oil Front Month: IEU As of May 18 2013 00:00 |
104.64 | +0.79 | +0.8% | 119.17 |
| COMEX GOLD 1 FUTURES CHAIN Front Mon: CMX As of May 17 2013 19:14 |
1,361 | -26.10 | -1.9% | 1,795 |
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