Services and manufacturing data from Markit
- Prior was 54.4
- Manufacturing 54.9 vs 53.5 expected
- Prior manufacturing 53.8
- Composite 54.5 vs 54.4 prior
- Services employment 52.1 vs 53.6 prior, lowest since April 2017
- Composite employment 52.5 vs 53.4 prior
- Manufacturing output 55.9 vs 54.3 prior
Good news, especially on manufacturing. This should help put to rest fears about a sharp slowdown in the US.
