US economic activity slowed for second month in April, according to the Chicago Fed’s National Activity Index: “Three of the four broad categories of indicators used to construct the index decreased from March, and three categories made negative contributions in April. The index’s three-month moving average, CFNAI-MA3, was unchanged at +0.05 in April.”US business activity picked up in May, based on the Composite PMI, a survey based GDP 代理人。标准普尔Global报道：“美国业务活动的增长和对未来产出的期望从四月份的低点提高。” “但是，由于对关税对需求，供应链和价格的不利影响的持续担忧。”美国的现有房屋销售额在4月下降，自2009年以来的最慢速度下降。“房屋销售额达到了过去三年的75％的正常活动或预科前的75％，甚至在经济上加上了经济经济学的劳动。 “尽管没有意识到，但抑制住房的需求仍在增长。抵押贷款利率的任何有意义的下降都将有助于释放这一需求。”美国失业者索赔上周以相对较低的水平降低。在短期内，为失业福利的新申请数量缩减了劳动力市场的乐观前景。