- U.S. jobless claims fell 53,000 last week to 610,000
- U.S. housing starts were at an annual rate of 510,000 in March, down 10.8% MoM and down 48.4% YoY
- The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's regional index of manufacturing rose from -35.0 to -24.4 in February.
- Canada's manufacturing sales rose 2.2% in February
- Industrial production in the Euro area fell 2.3% in February and 18.4% YoY
- Growth of China's GDP slowed to 6.1% in the first quarter of 2009, the weakest since 1992
- The USDA's expects beef exports to be down 4% in 2009.
- The USDA expects pork exports to be down 13% in 2009
- The number of idle containerships worldwide has fallen from 1.42 million to 1.31 million TEU the first drop since September.
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