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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Data - April 30

none of this will be market moving:

CANADA

February GDP came in as expected at -0.1% after January's drop of 0.7%

U.S.

personal income in March was down 0.3%

personal spending was down 0.2% MoM, but February was revised up to +0.4% from 0.2%

PCE Deflator was down to 0.6% YoY, but PCE Core stayed at 1.8% YoY, as expected

initial jobless claims fell to 631k from an upwardly-revised 645k

continuing claims rose more than expected to 6.27 million

INTERNATIONAL

Japanese industrial production was up 1.6% in March, but remains down 34% YoY; the Nomura/JMMA manufacturing PMI was up to 41 from 33.8 in April; construction orders down 38% YoY, vehicle production is down 50% YoY, housing starts down 21% YoY; the BoJ left rates unchanged at 0.10%

Germany's unemployment rate rose to 8.3% from 8.1%, while the Eurozone rate rose to 8.9% from an upwardly-revised 8.7%

Eurozone CPI was estimated at +0.6% YoY

U.K. consumer confidence survey rose a bit to -27 from -30, though house prices were down 0.4% during April and 15% YoY

French producer prices down 5.5% YoY

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