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April 30, 2026
The Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits fell in the week ended April 25th. The report said initial jobless claims slid to 189,000, a decrease of 26,000 from the previous week's 215,000. With the decrease, jobless claims slumped to their lowest level since hitting 182,000 in the week ending September 6, 1969.
The Labor Department said the less volatile four-week moving average also slipped to 207,500, a decrease of 3,500 from the previous week's average of 211,000. Continuing claims, reading on the number of people receiving ongoing unemployment assistance, also fell by 23,000 to 1.785 million in the week ended April 18th. The four-week moving average of continuing claims also dropped to 1,797,250, a decrease of 11,750 from the previous week's average of 1,809,000. 04/30/2026 - 09:36:00 (RTTNews)
A report released by the Commerce Department on Thursday showed U.S. economic growth reaccelerated in the first quarter of 2026. The Commerce Department said gross domestic product (GDP) shot up by 2.0% in the first quarter after climbing by 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2025.
The increase in GDP in the first quarter reflected positive contributions from investment, exports, consumer spending, and government spending. Meanwhile, the report said imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, skyrocketed by 21.4% during the quarter.
The Commerce Department also said the acceleration in the pace of GDP growth compared to the previous quarter reflected an upturn in government spending and exports, and an acceleration in investment that was partly offset by a deceleration in consumer spending.
On the inflation front, the report said the personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index soared by 4.5% in the first quarter after surging by 2.9% in the fourth quarter. The core PCE price index, which excludes food and energy prices, also spiked by 4.3% in the first quarter after jumping by 2.7% in the fourth quarter. 04/30/2026 - 10:01:00 (RTTNews)
Euro traded at 1.1725 against USD at 9:00 AM PST
The European Central Bank (ECB) left its interest rates unchanged on Thursday, even as policymakers expressed increasing concern over the impact of the surging energy prices and the intensifying war in the Middle East.
The Governing Council, led by ECB President Christine Lagarde, left the benchmark - the deposit rate steady at 2.0%, the main refinancing rate at 2.15%, and the marginal lending rate at 2.40%. Rates were held steady for a seventh policy session in a row.
The central bank noted that the upside risks to inflation and the downside risks to growth have intensified. "The implications of the war for medium-term inflation and economic activity will depend on the intensity and duration of the energy price shock and the scale of its indirect and second-round effects," the ECB said in a statement.
"The longer the war continues and the longer energy prices remain high, the stronger the likely impact on broader inflation and the economy," the bank added. The ECB affirmed that the Governing Council remains "well positioned to navigate the current uncertainty."
The central bank reiterated that it is closely monitoring the situation and will stick to a data-dependent and meeting-by-meeting approach to determining the appropriate monetary policy stance. The bank also repeated that it is not pre-committing to a particular interest rate path. 04/30/2026 - 09:58:00 (RTTNews)
The euro area unemployment rate dropped marginally in March. The unemployment rate slid to 6.2% in March from 6.3% in February. The number of unemployed decreased by 63,000 from the previous month to 10.984 million. Compared to last year, unemployment was down 170,000. The youth unemployment rate came in at 14.9% in March, the same as in February. EU unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.0% in March. 04/30/2026 - 08:54:00 (RTTNews)
British Pound traded at 1.3573 against USD at 9:00 AM PST
The Bank of England (BoE) left its key interest rate unchanged on Thursday. The BoE Monetary Policy Committee, led by Governor Andrew Bailey, voted 8-1 to hold the bank rate at 3.75%. The current rate remains the lowest since June 2023. Previously, the central bank had reduced the rate by 25 basis points each in August and November last year.
BoE Chief Economist Huw Pill, the sole dissenter, argued for a 25 basis-point rate hike at the latest policy meeting. Pill said a prompt but modest hike in interest rate will help mitigate upside risks to price stability stemming from a re-emergence of intrinsic inflation persistence. Policymakers judged that there were likely to be some second-round effects, but the continued weakness in activity would limit the strength of these effects.04/30/2026 - 09:01:00 (RTTNews)
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