PMI for USA – læs hele meddelelsen her:
“US manufacturing limped into 2020, with falling exports dampening output growth and causing a pull-back in hiring. The survey data are consistent with factory production falling
moderately, meaning the manufacturing sector looks set to act as a drag on the overall economy once again in the first quarter.
Weakness looks broad-based. Rising demand from households has helped support production in recent months, but January saw a marked slowing in new orders for
consumer goods. Production of capital goods such as business equipment, plant and machinery meanwhile fell for the first time in almost four years, hinting at weakened business investment.
More encouragingly, business expectations for the year ahead perked up, coinciding with an easing of trade tensions and the signing of new North American and Chinese trade deals. Companies are therefore expecting the soft patch to be short-lived, though fears surrounding the Wuhan coronavirus and any further potential escalation of trade tensions could erode this optimism.
