Quick Overview

• General Electric earned $2.74 billion in Q1, down from $4.3 billion YoY -- better than expected.
  
  

• YoY Canada’s consumer prices rose 1.2% in March
  

• Construction output in the Euro area fell 1.8% MoM and 11.8% YoY.
  

• The Environmental Protection Agency is considering increasing the ethanol blend in gasoline from 10% to 15%.
  

• The USDA said that there were 11.152 million head of cattle on feed April 1, down 4.6% YoY.