US economic resilience gradually fading; ISM manufacturing PMI falls further below 50

03 June 2024

 

Summary: ISM PMI down in May, below expectations; Westpac: another sign US economic resilience gradually fading; US Treasury yields fall; expectations of Fed rate cuts firm; ISM: reading corresponds to 1.7% US GDP growth annualised. The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) reached a cyclical peak in September 2017. It then started a downtrend which ended in March 2020 with a contraction in US manufacturing which...

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