Philly Fed Manufacturing Index missed market forecasts
The diffusion index for current activity was essentially unchanged at -1.8 this month. Analysts were expecting increase to 3.2 points. The index has registered a negative reading in eight of the last nine months. The current new orders index decreased for the second consecutive month, from 0.0 to -1.9 this month.
Conversely, the current shipments index rose 10 points; however, the percentage of firms reporting a decline in shipments narrowly exceeded the percentage reporting an increase. As with the other broad indicators this month, the unfilled orders and delivery time indexes both remained in negative territory. The indicator for inventories rose notably to its highest reading in nine months but still registered a negative reading.
Euro is currently being traded few points above 1.12 level, Sterling is around 1.46 handle, while Aussie is at 0.72 area.
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