U.S. retail sales missed forecasts calling for an acceleration in November as clothing stores and restaurants posted declines, signaling the economy™s main engine may cool in the fourth quarter by more than previously thought. The value of overall sales climbed 0.2% after an upwardly revised 0.4% increase the prior month, Commerce Department figures showed Friday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey called for a 0.5% increase. Sales in the œcontrol group subset increased a below-forecast 0.1% following a 0.3% gain. The measure excludes food services, car dealers,...
U.S. private hiring was less than forecast in September as wage gains cooled, offering a warning that the record-long expansion may be starting to falter even as the jobless rate fell to a half-century low. Private payrolls expanded by 114,000 after an upwardly revised 122,000 advance the prior month, according to a Labor Department report Friday that missed the median estimate of economists for a 130,000 gain. Total nonfarm payrolls climbed a below-forecast 136,000, which was boosted by 1,000 temporary government workers to prepare for the 2020 Census count. Average...
Service-oriented companies that employ the vast majority of Americans registered the weakest growth in September in three years, adding to a cacaphony of reports showing a broad slowdown in the U.S. economy. The Institute for Supply Management's said its non-manufacturing index fell to 52.6 last month from 56.4 in August. Economists polled by Marketwatch had forecast a 55.3% reading. Numbers over 50% indicates business conditions are getting better, but the index has fallen 8 points below its postrecession peak of 60.8% achieved last fall. The lackluster results of the ISM's services...
U.S. private sector hiring slowed more than expected in September a report by a payrolls processor ADP showed Wednesday. Private sector payrolls increased by 135,000, vs 140,000 forecast, prior month revised down to 157,000 from 195,000. Data a day earlier pointing to a shock drop in U.S. factory activity last month fueled concerns that a slowdown in the manufacturing sector could spread to the broader economy. The Labor Department's more comprehensive nonfarm payrolls report on Friday is expected to show jobs growth of 145,000 last month, while the unemployment rate is expected to hold...
A measure of U.S. manufacturing unexpectedly fell deeper into contraction, posting the weakest reading since the end of the last recession as a global slowdown and the U.S.-China trade war increasingly weigh on the sector. The Institute for Supply Managements factory index slipped to 47.8 in September, the lowest since June 2009, according to data Tuesday. The figure missed all estimates in a Bloomberg survey that had called for an increase from Augusts 49.1. As the groups production gauge slipped to a 10-year low, the employmentmeasure dropped to the...
The UK GDP second estimate showed that the economy contracted by 0.2% q/q in the second quarter of 2019, the same as that seen in the first readout while matching the consensus forecasts. While on an annualized basis, the UK economys growth rate arrived at 1.3% in Q2, beating the expectations of 1.2% and up from 1.2% previous reading. Separately, the UK Total Business Investment data arrived at -0.4% q/q in Q2 while at -1.4% y/y for the same period. Both the figures came in above the consensus forecasts. Meanwhile, the UK Q2 Current Account deficit stood at GBP -25.20 billion vs. GBP...
A report on the health of China™s manufacturing sector improved in September, although it was still below the line indicating contraction.
The manufacturing purchasing...
The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in April as both exports and imports tumbled, highlighting the impact of President Donald Trump™s tariffs even before negotiations with China unraveled and he...
Output from Germany's private sector remained unchanged in June, as a decline in manufacturing was offset by continued growth in services.
A flash reading of the country's composite Purchasing...
Presiden AS Donald Trump mengatakan China telah setuju untuk "mengurangi dan menghapus" tarif terhadap mobil-mobil Amerika dari 40 persen saat ini.
Dia tidak memberikan rincian lain dalam tweet-nya...