Thursday: 2nd Estimate Q1 GDP, Unemployment Claims, Pending Home Sales

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Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 250 thousand initial claims, up from 242 thousand last week.

• Also at 8:30 AM, Gross Domestic Product, 1st quarter 2023 (Second estimate). The consensus is that real GDP increased 1.1% annualized in Q1, unchanged from the advance estimate of 1.1%.

• Also at 8:30 AM, Chicago Fed National Activity Index for April. This is a composite index of other data.

• At 10:00 AM, Pending Home Sales Index for April. The consensus is for a 0.5% increase in the index.

• At 11:00 AM, the Kansas City Fed manufacturing survey for May.