The Thrill Is Gone … from Bidenomics.
July durable goods [blue] new orders plummet, recording the worst month since C19 in April 2020. Durable goods fell on a MoM basis by -5.2%, versus -4% consensus estimate. Durable goods ex-transportation [orange] still rose on a MoM basis by +0.5%, perhaps highlighting the weakness in durable goods orders.
Ex-transportation, durable goods order rose slighlty in July by 0.5%.
But according to The Fed of St Louis, durable goods new orders were down -15.525% from June to July (MoM) while M2 Money printing growth rose 12.7% MoM.
The KC Fed’s symosium in Jackson Hole WYO is underway and The Fed’s money machine is firingg up again. Here is the evil spirit of Statism speaking at Jackson Hole.
