At yesterday's tenders the American currency slumped against the basic currencies after FRS Chairman Bernanke declared about opportunity of stop of interest rates increase.

Economic data in the USA, published on Thursday, which were worse than the expected levels, also influenced negatively on a dollar exchange rate.

On Thursday the US Department of Labor informed that initial jobless claims for a week prior to April, 22nd grew up to 315000, at the forecast 305.000. The parameter was worse than the forecast and reached a top level since March, 11^th. Thus the previous value is revised from 303.000 to 304.000.

The unemployment rate in the USA dipped to 4.7 % that is a minimum level of 2001.

Help-Wanted Index in the USA made 38 for March, at the forecast 39.

In Germany number of jobless was down 40000 in April in comparison with the last month. Data have completely coincided with economists’ forecasts.

In March the number of seasonal jobless in Germany grew 30000.

Unemployment in Germany except for seasonal variations in April also dropped to 11.5 % from 12.0 % in March.

Six leading research institutes of Germany have revised upwardly the forecast of GDP growth in the country up to 1.8 % from 1.2 % earlier. They forecast the "moderate" increase of the key interest rate up to 3.0 % by the European Central Bank by the end of year.

As the largest building company in Great Britain Nationwide informed housing price index in monthly calculation decreased to 0.1 % in April from 1.1 % in March.

The annual parameter also decreased to 4.8 % in April from 5.3 % in March.

Economists assumed that housing prices in April should be up 0.5 % m/m and up 5.3 % y/y.

The business confidence index in Italy rose up to 96.1 in April against previous value 94.2.