- Australia’s March jobless rate fell 0.1 percent from the previous month to 4.5 percent, a 0.3-percent increase from March 2006.
- China’s first-quarter GDP rose 11.1 percent from the same quarter in 2006 as agricultural production remained steady and industrial production efficiency improved and sped up.
- Hong Kong’s Q1 unemployment rate remained unchanged from the previous quarter at 4.3 percent, an 0.8-percent decrease from the same period a year earlier.
- Japan’s February jobless rate remained stable from the previous month at 4.0 percent. That marked the fourth month in a row the rate stood at 4.0 percent, although February’s number was a 0.1-percent decline from the same month in 2006.
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