Quick Overview

• U.S. worker productivity rose at an annual rate of 2.6% in the first quarter.
  

• U.S. labor costs rose at an annual rate of 2.2% in the first quarter, down from a 4.7% annual rate in Q4.
  

• The Institute of Supply Managements' index of services fell from 52.0 to 51.7 in May
  
  

• Australia's GDP rose 0.6% in Q1 and up 3.6% YoY.
  

• Retail sales volume in the Euro area fell 0.6% in April and down 2.9% YoY.
  

• Services in the U.K. fell from 50.4 to 49.8 in May.
  
  

• The U.S. Department of Energy said:
  Supplies of crude oil supplies fell 4.8 million barrels to 306.8 million barrels.
  Supplies of gasoline rose 2.9 million barrels
  Supplies of heating oil were unchanged
  Refinery use increased from 87.9% to 89.7% of capacity last week
  Gasoline demand fell 1.4%.
  Distillate demand rose 1.6%.
  
  

• YoY South Africa's gold production fell 17% in Q1. This was blamed on a lack of available electricity.