Recovery Watch: Leading Indexes and Shipping Rise

1. Leading economic indexes for February increased in Spain (0.1%), China (0.3%) and France (0.5%).

2. In shipping news for March, the Port of Galveston reported its highest monthly tonnage in 11 years, container volume handled by the Port of Charleston increased 5.7% from a year earlier, and the volume of containers handled by the Port of Savannah increased 4.5% in from the same month last year.