by Calculated Risk on 2/29/2012 10:00:00 AM

Q4 GDP revised up to 3.0% from 2.8% in advance estimate.

Chicago PMI comes in at 64.0 well above expectations.

Chicago Purchasing Managers reported the February CHICAGO BUSINESS BAROMETER rose to its highest level in ten months. The barometer also marked a 29th month of expansion and its fourth consecutive month above 60. Increases were seen in six of eight Business Activity Indexes, highlighted by a very large advance in Employment. BUSINESS ACTIVITY: • EMPLOYMENT highest since May 1984; • ORDER BACKLOGS moved back into expansion; • INVENTORIES dipped; • NEW ORDERS highest level since March 2011:

Note: Testimony starts at 10 AM ET.

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Prepared testimony from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke: Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress