A Busy Morning: Jobless Claims, Durable Goods & Q1 Earnings

Labor Market - Initial Jobless Claims for last week were reported at 222K, slightly above estimates but indicating a healthy labor market, with claims remaining between 215K and 225K since March [1] - Continuing Claims decreased to 1.841 million, down from a revised 1.878 million the previous week, showing positive trends in long-term jobless claims [2] Durable Goods Orders - Durable Goods Orders for March increased by 9.2%, significantly exceeding the expected 1.6%, marking the best performance since July of the previous year [3] - Excluding transportation, the durable goods orders showed no growth at 0.0%, below the expected 0.3%, indicating potential concerns in enterprise spending [3] Q1 Earnings Reports - PepsiCo (PEP) reported earnings of $1.54 per share, meeting estimates, but revenues of $19.78 billion fell short by 2.75% compared to expectations [4] - American Airlines (AAL) reported a loss of -$0.59 per share, better than the expected -$0.69, but revenues were slightly lower at $12.52 billion [5] - Bristol Myers-Squibb (BMY) exceeded expectations with earnings of $1.80 per share and revenues of $11.2 billion, but the stock is trading lower [6] - Comcast (CMCSA) reported earnings of $1.09 per share, surpassing expectations, but revenues of $29.89 billion were below the previous year's $30.06 billion [7] Market Expectations - Upcoming reports include Existing Home Sales, with expectations set at 4.13 million units, down from 4.26 million in February [8] - The Q1 earnings season has shown mixed results, with companies facing challenges in forward guidance, including major firms like Alphabet and Intel expected to report [9]