U.S. Economy Update - Seeking Alpha...Mar 27, 2018  · regional surveys (Philadelphia & Empire...

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U.S. Economy Update March 2018 Monthly Update Based On Leading Regional Manufacturing Indices Twitter @LeoNelissen

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U.S.EconomyUpdateMarch2018

MonthlyUpdateBasedOnLeadingRegionalManufacturingIndices

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WhatIsThisReportAbout?(1/2)

• Thispresentationisdiscussingthelatestresultsofthefivemostimportantregionalmanufacturingreports.• EmpireState,Philadelphia,KansasCity,RichmondandDallas

• Allindicatorsareleadingwhichmeansthatyouareabouttofindoutwhatwecanexpecttohappeninthefuture.TheyevenpredictthenumberoneleadingindicatoroftheUSeconomy:theISMmanufacturingindex.

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WhatIsThisReportAbout?(2/2)

• Imadeanaverageofallindicestogiveyoualessvolatileandmorepreciseoutlook.• Thefollowingtopicswillbediscussed:

• Compositeindex• Neworders• Shipments• Employment(new)• Futurecapitalexpenditures• Pricespaid/received

• Notethattheindicatorspresentedwillhaveameaningfulimpactonthesegmenttheyarecovering.• Highercompositeoutlook->strongerGDPgrowth• Highershipments->tailwindfortransportationstocks• Higherpricesreceived->higherCPIinflation

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CompositeIndex

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Thecompositeindextookaratherbighitofalmost5pointsinMarch(downto19.6from24.2inFebruary).OnlytheEmpireStateindexshowedanimprovementfrom13.1to22.5.Allotherindiceswereeitherunchanged(Kansas)orlower.ItseemsthatthenextISMprintisgoingtobecloseto58.5.However,itistooearlytocallthenextgrowthslowingtrend.Simplybecauseitisstillpossibletogetabove-averagegrowthforanextendedperiodoftime.

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Shipments

ShipmentshittheirlowestlevelsinceAugustof2017aftergoingsidewaysforthepastfewmonths.Atthispointitseemsthatwecouldseelowerlevelsgoingforward.Furthermore,itisonceagainimportanttomentionthattworegionalsurveys(Philadelphia&EmpireState)increasedfrom15.5to32.4and12.5to27.0whichtookalotofpressureoffthecompositeindexgiventhattheotherindicesdeclinedbyroughly50%.

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NewOrders

NewordersarebackatJanuarylevelsafterhitting21.3inFebruary.Atthispoint,itlookslikewecanexpectISMneworderstocomeinslightlyabove60.Justlikethecompositeindexitisnotclearwhetherthisisthestartofagrowthslowingcycleorjustabreakatabove-averagelevels.

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Employment ThismonthIdecidedtoaddemployment.Itseemsthattheindexwasrightafterallgiventhatitpredictedthemostrecentemploymentsurgeofmorethan300KnewjobsinFebruary.Furthermore,theindexisstillatrocksolidlevelswhichsupportsfurtherjobgrowthinMarchandbeyond.

AlsonotethecommentfromthemostrecentDallassurvey.Ithinkitperfectlytellsthecurrentstoryofemploymentshortageandstrongergrowth.

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FutureCapitalExpenditures

CapitalexpendituresarethereasonIamnotcallingforaimmediategrowthslowingcycle.Capitalexpendituresdropped1.3pointsto35.5inMarchwhichisstilloneofthehighestlevelssincethestartofthisindexin2001.

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PricesPaid&ReceivedPricesreceiveddroppedabitfrom23.5to21.4inMarch.However,theyarestillindicatingthatconsumerpricesareabouttosoarhigher.Soareproducerpriceswhohadanotherincreaseto47.3points.Overall,thismeansthatthepressureonbondsremainsverystrongdespitebondsgainingsomestrengthduringthemostrecentstockmarketsell-off.

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Conclusion

• OfficialISMlikelytohit58.5inMarch• USeconomyshowsfirstsignsofweaknesseventhoughitistooearlytocallit’growthslowing’• Consumerandproducerpricesareverylikelygoingtoacceleratefurther• Morepressureongovernmentbondsandsocalled’yieldtrades’likeconsumerstaples• Companieswillincreasinglyhavetoproducemoreefficientlyinordertostaycompetitiveinthisinflationaccelerationenvironment

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TheEnd

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WantToKnowMoreAboutEconomicIndicators?• Article:EstablishASolidMacroViewUsingTheTop-DownMethod• https://seekingalpha.com/article/4033524-establish-solid-macro-view-using-top-method

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