US DATA: Feb import prices +0.4% after a flat reading in Jan, though
energy prices accounted for all of the gain and offset a 3.0% decline in
food prices. Non-fuel import prices -0.1%, non-petro -0.2%. Imports ex.
both fuels and food +0.3%. Fuel import prices +1.4%, vs flat Jan, with
petro import prices +1.8% but nat gas import prices -10.1%. Industrial
supplies import prices +1.3% and +1.1% ex fuels. Capital goods -0.1%,
while autos and consumer goods both flat. Import prices from Canada
+0.7%; EU -0.1%; China +0.1%; Mexico -0.6%; Japan +0.2%. Feb export
prices +0.4%; agriculture exports -0.9%, non-agriculture prices +0.5%.
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