The latest economic week in review podcast. Six minutes and 15 seconds of listening pleasure.

The FOMC’s Chairman, Ben Bernanke suggested they are disinclined to raise interest rates. This buoyed market sentiment and the S&P 500 saw two days of double digit gains. Underlying economic data was not so rosy, though. Retails sales were flat in January, industrial production slowed, and housing continued to slow (starts in January were down 14.3% from December).

References:
Vanguard and Briefing.com