German June Manufacturing Orders up 4.1% M/m, Driven by Large Orders
ZURICH (MaceNews) – Demand for German manufactured goods rose 4.1 percent in June from the previous month, driven by large orders, the Federal Statistics (Destatis) office in Wiesbaden reported. The result far exceeded expectations, with the median of and Econoday survey of economists’ forecasts calling for a 1.5 percent gain, and reversing the revised decline […]
Japan June Factory Output Rebounds Despite Global Chip Shortage Impact
–Japan’s METI Keeps View: Factory Output Picking Up –METI Warns of Drag from Chip Shortages, Coronavirus Variants –Apr-June Capital Goods Shipments Gain Indicates Solid Capex in Q2 GDP By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s industrial production rebounded in June after taking a breather the previous month, staying on a pickup trend amid uncertainty over global […]
US Data Preview Commentary: CPI, PPI, Retail Sales, Powell Testimonies, IndPro, Beige Bk and More
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Be brave, it’s peak fraidy-cat week for inflation horrors to descend upon us, or rather, to show up in the data, having plagued us last month. If the price-pressure nightmares show up as expected, the Fed folks will be forced to accelerate their consideration of tapering at the very least (Wharton’s Jeremy […]
Monday Washington Schedules from MaceNews
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Monday’s public schedules for the White House, Treasury, the State Department, the Capitol and for upcoming economic data and Federal Reserve events: The White House COMPREHENSIVE TRIP GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, JUNE 14 – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021Monday, June 14, 2021 In the morning, the President will receive the […]
US Data Preview Commentary: Retail Sales, PPI, Hsing Starts, FOMC, New ‘Dot Plot’
WASHINGTON (MacNews) – The explosive snapback of consumer demand, company supply-chain and delivery workarounds and inventory reloading won’t be reflected nearly to the phenomenon’s full extent in Tuesday’s May retail sales report. Just as goods and services productivity being supercharged by firms compensating for the post-pandemic jamming of the economy won’t show up in quarterly […]
US Data Preview: CPI, PPI, Retail Sales, IndPro, Still More FedSpeak
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The week ahead includes the latest consumer inflation rate, another month of business inflation that in March was running super hot, the April retail sales report and a more than ample supply of FedSpeak. Is any of it as anxiously anticipated nearly as much as the appearance of Elon Musk on “Saturday […]
Germany’s Industrial Production Expands 2.5% in March Over Prior Month
ZURICH (MaceNews) – Germany’s Industrial output grew at a better-than-expected 2.5 percent pace in March, and stood 5.1% above year ago levels, according to preliminary results from the Federal Statistics in Wiesbaden Friday. The result exceeded the median of an Econoday survey of economists for a 1.7 percent increase, and reversed declines the previous two […]
Data Preview: But First, March Payrolls Were Strong – and Irrelevant for the Long Haul – As ‘Benchmark Effect’ Skews Perceptions
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The next steps for the U.S. economy and the monetary policy that nurtures and sustains it beyond Friday’s strong jobs report are the same as before the report, a long slog of many more such reports before the recovery approaches, re-employment becomes new employment and rates edge up to normal. The phase […]
Strong Recovery Demand Masking US Supply Chain Crisis as Wht Hse Fixes Lag
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The day’s ISM report on manufacturing focused on supply-chain blockages that will continue into the late summer with the White House effort to diagnose the problem lagging. The Institute for Supply Management’s report showed manufacturing momentum powered up in March, with the index coming in considerably above expectations at 64.7. The new […]
Japan Jan Factory Output Rebounds But Pullback Forecast For Feb/Mar
– Shipments Also Rebound, Inventories Dip, Reflecting Solid Demand – METI: Limited Impact of Govt’s Request for Restricted Economic Activity By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s industrial production rebounded in January, marking the first rise in three months, reflecting solid domestic and overseas demand despite the pandemic, preliminary data released Friday by the Ministry of […]