Perhaps Harris/Walz should adopt the Imperial March from Star Wars as their theme song. Between Biden/Harris uncontrolled immigration disaster helping to destroy New York City, Harris’ statement that she won’t do anything differntly from Biden/Harris is alarming.
The NY Empire survey crashed from +11.5 to -11.9 – the lowest since May. That is the biggest MoM drop since January…
A measure of current new orders plunged nearly 20 points to -10.2 after climbing a month earlier to the highest since April 2023.
The index of shipments decreased almost 21 points to minus 2.7.
The employment index, however, rebounded to 4.1 – the first expansion in a year – while a measure of hours worked also climbed.
Meanwhile, the New York Fed’s gauge of prices paid for materials increased to a six-month high of 29, while an index of prices received by state manufacturers also accelerated.
And with this awful news, the US Treasury yield curve remains downward/upward sloping. I call this the schizophenic yield curve.
