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EUROPE
Draghi’s Inflation Bets Firmer Than Fed:
Cutting Research – BB
Draghi may have more
room for comfort if a working paper released this week is correct. It says
European markets show a “somewhat stronger anchoring of inflation expectations
in the euro area than in the United States.” That means investors are more confident the
ECB will hit its inflation target of just below 2 percent in the medium term.
UKRAINE / RUSSIA
MACRO
NUMBERS
Euro area unemployment
rate at 11.8% - Eurostat
Euro zone joblessness
barely falls in March – Reuters
Euro Unemployment
Holds Near Record Amid Factory Gains – BB
UNITED STATES
Yellen’s Fed Resigned to Diminished Growth
Expectations – BB
No longer are they
saying growth must accelerate from the 2 percent to 2.5 percent pace it has
generally averaged since the recession ended. Instead, they are stressing the
importance of preventing the expansion from faltering.
PAYROLL PREVIEW
What to Watch for in
Friday’s Jobs Report – WSJ
“3Numbers to Watch” – TradingFloor
Non-farm payrolls
preview: Spring is in the air – TradingFloor
Goldman Expects
"Solid" Payrolls – ZH
Employment Report
Preview for April – Calculated
Risk
How Not to Be Misled
by the Jobs Report – NYT
U.S. jobs report to signal stronger economic growth momentum – Reuters
ASIA
Asia’s export slump doesn’t appear likely to ease
anytime soon, if the view from the region’s factory floors is any guide.
FINNISH
OMT ei
rajaton takuu – Roger Wessman