Quick Overview

• U.S. unemployment rate rose from 4.8% to 5.1% in March

• Canada’s unemployment rate increased from 5.8% to 6.0% in March
  Canada’s consumer confidence fell from 96.5 to 94.5
  

• Australia's retail sales fell 0.1% in February.

• The Philippine government proposed a law that makes the hoarding of rice a crime punishable by life imprisonment.