The drastically decoupled trend of hard data improvement and soft data dissolution continued this morning with US Manufacturing improving while NY Fed Business Leaders' survey collapsing.
Source: Bloomberg
Business activity in the region’s service sector declined significantly for a second consecutive month in April, according to firms responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s April Business Leaders Survey.
The survey’s headline business activity index came in at -19.8, its lowest level in more than a year, with 6-mnth forward expectations plunging to the weakest since COVID…
The business climate index dropped nine points to -50.0, its lowest level since Lehman; as expectations for Prices Paid soared top three year highs…
The stagflationary stench from soft data continues.
So, take your pick – worst since the peak of COVID lockdowns or worse since Lehman & the GFC!?