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Headline index steady in April; but a lot of pain lies ahead.
- Tariff uncertainty supported payrolls in April, by temporarily boosting the logistics and retail sectors...
- ...But hiring intentions have weakened and a sharp decline in activity in the logistics sector is in train.
- We’re pushing back our forecast for Fed easing to July, from June, but we still expect 75bp this year.
Households stunned by the tariff shock.
Trade and inventories data leave a negative Q1 GDP print looking far more likely.
Growth in services spending has slowed only modestly, but a sharper decline lies ahead.
Tariffs distort the numbers, but underlying growth was already slowing in Q1.
The downshift in labor cost inflation will resume, soon.
The downshift in labor cost inflation will resume, soon.
- Last week's jump in initial claims was entirely due to the timing of school holidays in New York state.
- Leading indicators, however, are continuing to deteriorate; layoffs in logistics are just a couple weeks off.
- The April ISM manufacturing survey points to a plunge in output and higher core goods prices.
The post-election pick-up in labor demand has fully unwound.
- The 0.3% drop in headline Q1 GDP exaggerates how rapidly the economy was slowing...
- ...Consumers' spending on services and non-equipment business investment kept rising in Q1.
- The tariff shock, however, will be much more intense in a few months' time; stagnation lies ahead.
