In contraction:
Deceleration that was temporarily interrupted by the tax cuts has resumed with the tariffs:
The Manufacturing Activity Index in the US fifth district including the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and most of West Virginia decreased to -1 in November 2019 from 8 in the previous month, missing market expectations of 6. Shipments (-2 vs 4 in October), new orders (-3 vs 7) and backlog of orders (-11 vs 6) declined while employment softened (5 vs 13).
In contraction:
Both now showing contraction:
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