US: Focus on jobless claims and Philly Fed survey - Nomura
|Analysts at Nomura suggest that despite some holiday-related choppiness in initial claims data over the past few weeks, they continue to expect jobless claims to remain low in light of a strong economic outlook.
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“Heading towards Memorial Day and the end of the school year in the US, we could see additional volatility over the next month.”
“Philly Fed survey: We expect a reading of 20.0 for the Philly Fed survey in May. Similar to our forecast for the Empire State survey, we expect a slight pullback in sentiment as businesses still appear to be uneasy about recently-enacted steel and aluminum tariffs with prospects of a further escalation in trade tension with China. Despite the negative effects of recent US trade policy announcements, manufacturing activity should remain healthy over the near term.”
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