Cable raw materials (rubber) weekly report (4.11-4.15)

1.
Macroeconomic news

1.
This week, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States remained at a record low of 267,000
.
3,000 lower than expected and 9,000 lower than last week
.
The average number of jobless claims over the past four weeks was 266,750, up 3,500 from the previous value
.
The figure has been below 300,000 for 57 consecutive weeks, indicating a solid
labor market despite slowing U.
S.
economic growth.

2.
According to preliminary calculations, the GDP in the first quarter was 158526 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.
7%
at comparable prices.
By industry, the added value of the primary industry was 880.
3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.
9%; the added value of the secondary industry was 5,951 billion yuan, an increase of 5.
8%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 9,021.
4 billion yuan, an increase of 7.
6%.

At 2015 prices, the GDP increase in the first quarter of this year was 985.
1 billion yuan, an increase of 22.
2 billion yuan over the same period of the previous year.

3.
The IMF said it was forced to cut its growth forecast for this year to 3.
2 percent, down 0.
2 percentage points
from its January forecast.
The agency said China's slowing economy and weak commodity prices had a deeper than expected impact on emerging markets, and developed countries were still struggling to recover from the effects of
the financial crisis.

Second, the analysis of natural rubber market trends