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ISM Manufacturing
This morning’s ISM Manufacturing PMI for September came in at 49.0%, up 1.4 percentage points above its August reading and better than consensus. This is its eleventh consecutive reading in contraction territory (< 50.0), though it has moved higher for the past three months.
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Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE)
The latest figure for August Headline PCE came in at 3.5% year-over-year (YoY), which was 0.1 percentage point higher than August’s reading of 3.4% and in-line with consensus. Core PCE for August was at 3.9% YoY, 0.4 percentage points below the August figure of 4.3% and as expected.
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University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment
The September Final reading for the Consumer Sentiment Index came in at 68.1, down 2.0% from the August Final reading.
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Pending Home Sales Index
The latest Pending Home Sales Index for August came in at 71.8, a dramatic 7.1% fall from July, worse than forecast, and tied for its lowest reading ever.
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New Home Sales
Sales of new single-family homes for the month of August came in at 675,000, down from an upwardly revised 739,000 for July and lower than expected.
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Conference Board Consumer Confidence
This morning’s Consumer Confidence Index for September came in at 103.0, worse than forecast and 5.7 points below the upwardly revised August figure.
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S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index
The latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index (not seasonally adjusted – NSA) for July saw a 1.0% increase year-over-year (YoY), up from no YoY change the previous month.
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Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI)
The latest LEI reading for August came in at 105.4, down 0.4% from July and has fallen continuously for almost a year and a half.
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Existing Home Sales
This morning’s Existing Home Sales report for August came in at an annual rate of 4.04 million, down 0.7% from July, down 15.3% from last year, and worse than forecast.
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Housing Starts and Building Permits
The latest report for Housing Starts for August came in at 1.283 million, 11.3% below the revised July reading and worse than forecast. Building Permits were at 1.543 million, 6.9% above the revised July rate.
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NAHB Housing Market Index/Builder Confidence
The latest HMI for September came in at 45, down five points from its August reading and well below expectations.
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Producer Price Index (PPI)
The latest Headline PPI FD for August came in at 0.7% month-over-month (MoM), up from 0.3% in July. PPI is up 1.6% on a year-over-year (YoY) basis, a significant jump from 0.8% YoY in July, and its second consecutive increase.
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Consumer Price Index (CPI)
This morning’s year-over-year (YoY) Headline CPI for August came in slightly above consensus at 3.7%. Core CPI fell to 4.3%.
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NFIB Small Business Optimism Index
The latest Small Business Optimism Index for August decreased 0.6 points to 91.3, its 20th consecutive month below the survey’s 49-year average of 98.1.
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ISM Services
The latest ISM Services Index for August came in at 54.5%, better than expected and a 1.8 percentage point increase from the July reading of 52.7.
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Monthly Employment Report
This morning’s Employment Situation release for August showed an addition of 187K new jobs which was better than forecast and the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.8%.
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Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTS)
This morning’s JOLTS report for July reported 8.8 million job openings, down from June and worse than forecast and its lowest since January 2021.
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Underlying Inflation Gauge (UIG)
The latest UIG “full set” for May came in at 3.5%, down 0.5 percentage points from the April figure. The “prices only” measure for May came in at 3.0%, also down from April.
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ISM Chicago Business Barometer (Chicago Purchasing Manager’s Index)
This month’s Chicago PMI came in at 48.6 for April, up from its March reading and much better than expected, though its eighth consecutive contractionary month (below 50.0).