Prior was 50.2 Composite 50.7 vs 51.0 prelim Prior composite 50.2 business confidence rose to the strongest in four months, Input prices and output charges increased at the weakest rates in three years New orders fell for the third month running, albeit at only a slight pace The ISM services sector survey is due at
University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Prelim was 63.0 Prior was 68.1 Details: Current conditions 70.6 vs 66.7 prelim (71.4 prior) Expectations 59.3 vs 60.7 prelim (66.0 prior) 1-year inflation 4.2% vs 3.8% prelim (3.2% prior) 5-10 year inflation 3.0% vs 3.0% prelim (2.8% prior) The Fed might be concerned about that bump in inflation expectations
I always looked forward to the annual list of ’10 surprises’ from Blackrock’s Byron Wien and I’m saddened to learn that he died today at 90 years old. Wien finished his career as a vice chairman of Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions but before that was a strategist at Pequot Capital and then for 21 years
Prior was 46.3 Despite a sharp fall in backlogs of work as new orders dropped, companies expanded employment at a faster rate amid greater confidence in the outlook for output. New export orders fell for the fourteenth month running There was no change from the preliminary reading. The ISM number at the top of the
It’s a mild revision higher to the initial estimate but it still marks a seven-month low for the UK manufacturing PMI. Output and new orders are both seen falling at faster rates as demand conditions falter. HCOB notes that: “July saw a deepening of the UK’s manufacturing downturn. Output fell at the quickest pace since
Prelim was 72.6 Prior was 64.4 Current conditions 76.6 vs 77.5 prelim (69.0 prior) Expectations 68.3 vs 69.4 prelim (61.5 prior) 1-year inflation 3.4% vs 3.4% prelim (3.3% prior) 5-10 year inflation 3.0% vs 3.1% prelim (3.0% prior) This indicator has little use for traders, though it still moves market. It’s a measure of gasoline