They go up in the United States the requests of unemployment benefits, which increased by 15 to 382 last week. She engraved Hurricane Isaac, which hit several Gulf Coast states last month. The figure is worse than the estimates of analysts who expected a more contained increase to 370 thousand from 367 thousand (data however revised upwards from 365 thousand). The four-week moving average marked an increase of 3.250 units to 375.000.
Uphill even more than expected producer prices in August: +1,7%, the most marked rise for over three years, against analysts' expectations of 1% (+0,3% in July). The energy component, in particular, marked an unexpected jump of 6,4 per cent in the period considered. The core index, according to government data, grew by 0,2 percent, a tenth more than expected. On an annual basis, producer prices increased by 2 percent in August, while the core component rose by 2,5 percent.
