U.S. import prices rose 0.3% in January as petroleum and food rebounded strongly, while export prices rose 0.2%. The rise in import prices last month could also reflect a weak dollar. The dollar fell 0.6% on a trade-weighted basis.

Inventory replenishment, which helped the economy grow last quarter at the fastest pace in more than a year, may extend into this year as a pickup in hiring boosts purchases.

Demand at retailers climbed 0.4% in January, retail sales rose less than forecast in January, held back by an unexpected drop in demand at auto dealers.

But with growth still slow and unemployment high, producers have little power to pass on the increased costs to consumers.

Business inventories rose 0.4% in December, below the 0.7% rise for sales and pulling down the stock-to-sales ratio by 1 tenth to 1.26.

Applications for home mortgages slipped last week, pulled lower by a steep drop in demand for home purchases.


The December decline in foreign demand for U.S. assets reflects �in large part the improvement in the global economic outlook and risk sentiments during that period,�

Notwithstanding this, with concerns about a disorderly Greek default continuing to linger. We expect the flight to quality to continue to play a big role in maintaining a healthy appetite for U.S. Treasuries among global investors.�

U.S. Treasuries finished 2011 with the biggest annual return since the depths of the financial crisis in 2008 as Europe�s debt turmoil spurred investor demand for refuge even as Standard & Poor�s cut America�s credit rating. U.S. 10-year note yields ended 2011 within a quarter-percentage point of a record low while data showed the U.S. economy was strengthening.

European leaders are torn between pouring more aid into Greece�s struggling economy or risking an unprecedented national bankruptcy that might force the country out of the euro. U.S. industrial output was unexpectedly flat in January as steep declines in mining and utilities offset gains in manufacturing.Capacity utilization, a measure of how fully firms are using their resources, fell to 78.5% from 78.6% the prior month. That was 1.8 percentage points below the 1972-to-2011 average.

Officials at the Fed tend to look at utilization measures as a signal of how much "slack" remains in the economy � how far growth has room to run before it becomes inflationary. Though that's still far below the level considered "good" - the seasonally adjusted gauge needs a reading of 50 to do that, which hasn't been the case since April 2006 - it does indicate improving sentiment for builders.

The home-builder gauge tracks closely with single-family housing starts, with the January data from that series due for release from the Commerce Department on Thursday.U.S. homebuilders are gradually growing more optimistic about the depressed housing market and believe homes sales could pick up sharply at the beginning of 2012.The economic sentiment is turning more bullish in Europe and that's supportive for the oil market.

There's greater optimism that the worst of the Greek situation is over and signs that the economy is getting better. Getting above $100 is important and adding to the bullish momentum in the market.

The Federal Reserve appears open to the idea of a third round of bond purchases to boost a still-modest U.S. recovery. But members remain divided over when or whether to take that step. Job gains have exceeded 200,000 for two straight months and the unemployment rate dropped to a three-year low of 8.3% in January.But considerable slack still remains, with 23.8 million Americans either out of work or underemployed.

There are no job openings for nearly three out of every four unemployed.A measure of builder sentiment has risen for five straight months and is now at its highest level in nearly five years. Many builders are seeing more people express interest in buying a home, leading them to believe 2012 could be a turn-around year for the market. Mortgage rates have never been cheaper. And home sales started to rise at the end of last year.

The economy is expected to continue strengthening, possibly picking up this spring and summer, the Conference Board said Friday as it reported that its index of leading economic indicators grew 0.4% in January, led by the interest-rate spread and manufacturing hours.

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