*Early May U.S. consumer sentiment highest in almost six years. NEW YORK, May 17- Prices for U.S. With the better-than-expected retail sales figures on Monday, "you could probably say maybe the consumer is in a little better shape than we were thinking," said Steve Van Order, fixed-income strategist at Calvert Investments in Bethesda, Maryland.
*U.S. consumer sentiment jumps to highest in almost six years. NEW YORK, May 17- Prices for U.S. Combined with better-than-expected retail sales figures on Monday, "you could probably say maybe the consumer is in a little better shape than we were thinking," said Steve Van Order, fixed income strategist at Calvert Investments in Bethesda, Maryland.
NEW YORK, May 17- Prices for U.S. The Thomson Reuters/ University of Michigan consumer sentiment data, due to be released at 9:55 a.m. is expected to show a brighter outlook in May from April.
*Consumer price index slips 0.4 percent, biggest drop since December 2008. NEW YORK, May 16- U.S.
NEW YORK, May 16- U.S. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits jumped by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday- the biggest jump since November.
NEW YORK, May 16- U.S. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits jumped by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday. "There's plenty of slack in the labor market," said Tanweer Akram, senior economist with ING U.S. Investment Management in Atlanta, Georgia.
TOKYO, May 16- The dollar pulled away from a 4-1/ 2 year high against the yen on Thursday after disappointing U.S. industrial data caused Treasury prices to rise for the first time in a week, while the euro wobbled near a six-week low.
*U.S. industrial output falls more than expected in April. NEW YORK, May 15- U.S. In addition, the U.S. Labor Department said on Wednesday its seasonally adjusted producer price index fell 0.7 percent last month, the biggest decline since February 2010.
NEW YORK, May 15- Prices for U.S. Economists in a Reuters poll had seen a rise to 4. In addition, the U.S. Labor Department said on Wednesday its seasonally adjusted producer price index fell 0.7 percent last month, the biggest decline since February 2010.