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Overnight the second estimate of first quarter GDP in the US came out weaker than had been expected at an annualised decline of 1% (revised from an increase of 0.1% and against expectations of a 0.5% fall). However, the fall was being slated to a poor weather in the early …read more
The weekend news that the US unemployment rate has fallen to 6.3% in April came as a shock to the markets. As did the news a few weeks ago that the rate in March in Australia had fallen to 5.8%. Looking past the surprising (and likely to be reversed) decline …read more
The US payrolls data for April released overnight saw the headline unemployment rate fall to 6.3% (from 6.7% and against expectations of a decline to 6.6%) with the addition of 288,000 new non-farm payrolls (expected +218,000). However, the positive news was tempered by a sharp fall in the participation rate …read more
Overnight the first (of three) estimates of US GDP growth in the first quarter came in well below expectations at +0.1% annualised (down from +2.6% in the previous quarter). While markets had expected a slowdown caused by the severe winter weather, the actual result was weaker than most had anticipated. Nevertheless, …read more
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