Cable raw materials (rubber) weekly report (4.18-4.22)

1.
Macroeconomic news

1.
Initial jobless claims in the United States unexpectedly fell to 247,000 last week, below expectations of 265,000 and the previous week's 253,000, the lowest since November 24, 1973, indicating a continued strengthening
labor market.
The Labor Department reported that the number of initial jobless claims in the United States last week fell by about 6,000 from the previous week, a 43-year low, and marked the 59th consecutive week that the number of initial jobless claims fell below the 300,000 level
.

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.
After the European Central Bank ended its policy meeting on the 21st, it announced that it would maintain the existing policy unchanged, including maintaining the main refinancing rate at 0%, the deposit rate at minus 0.
4%, and the marginal lending rate at 0.
25
%.
In addition, the bank kept the size of its monthly asset purchases unchanged at €80 billion
.
Investors can follow ECB President Mario Draghi's press conference
.
Overseas media analysis believes that although Draghi has repeatedly defended the ECB's 1.
5 trillion euro stimulus plan since December last year, he still needs to face various difficulties
at this press conference.
That includes concerns from Germany, where officials worry the ECB is too stimulus
.

Second, the analysis of natural rubber market trends