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9 May 2025 US Monitor Limited pre-tariff stockpiling suggests little buffer against inflation

  • The monthly inventories data show very little in the way of pre-tariff stockpiling in most industries... 
  • ...Consistent with trade data showing that the Q1 jump in imports was limited to a few specific goods. 
  • Mismeasurement of pharma inventories suggests Q1 GDP growth was underestimated by around 1pp. 

Oliver Allen (Senior US Economist)US

PM Datanote: US ISM Services Survey, April

We doubt services inflation will reaccelerate sharply.

Oliver Allen (Senior US Economist)US

8 May 2025 US Monitor An unhurried, uncertain FOMC likely to remain inactive in June

  • The FOMC sees little cost in waiting to discover which side of its dual mandate needs most attention.
  • A lot more tariff-sensitive data and news will come between the June and July meetings; the FOMC will wait.
  • BED data point to a 20K fall in the birth-death model’s contribution to monthly payroll growth ahead.

Samuel TombsUS

7 May 2025 US Monitor FOMC to remain non-committal on the 2025 rate outlook

  • Markets have relaxed and the economy is holding up, so the FOMC needn’t signal a June easing today.
  • The FOMC will have two more CPI reports and news on reciprocal tariffs if it waits until July.
  • The latest trade data suggest pre-tariff stockpiling was very limited outside of a couple of sectors.

Samuel TombsUS

6 May 2025 US Monitor Lower oil prices will provide very little boost to the economy at large

  • The 20% drop in oil prices since early April probably will provide no real boost to the overall economy...
  • ...the lift to consumers’ real incomes will be offset by weaker spending in energy-intensive areas.
  • The ISM services prices index jumped in April, but other survey indicators suggest no cause for alarm. 

Oliver Allen (Senior US Economist)US

PM Datanote: US ISM Manufacturing Survey, April

Headline index steady in April; but a lot of pain lies ahead.

Samuel TombsUS

5 May 2025 US Monitor Uncertainty over tariffs hasn't killed jobs yet, but their imposition will hurt

  • 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.

Samuel TombsUS

PM Datanote: US Advance Goods Trade, March

Trade and inventories data leave a negative Q1 GDP print looking far more likely.

Oliver Allen (Senior US Economist)US

PM Datanote: US Personal Income & Spending / Pending Home Sales

Growth in services spending has slowed only modestly, but a sharper decline lies ahead.

Samuel TombsUS

PM Datanote: US Advance GDP, Q1

Tariffs distort the numbers, but underlying growth was already slowing in Q1.

Oliver Allen (Senior US Economist)US

PM Datanote: US ECI / ADP Employment

The downshift in labor cost inflation will resume, soon.

Samuel TombsUS

PM Datanote: US ECI / ADP Employment

The downshift in labor cost inflation will resume, soon.

Samuel TombsUS

2 May 2025 US Monitor Claims boosted by school holiday timing, but the trend will rise 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.

Oliver Allen (Senior US Economist)US

PM Datanote: US JOLTS, March

The post-election pick-up in labor demand has fully unwound.

Samuel TombsUS

1 May 2025 US Monitor The Q1 fall in GDP misleads, but weak growth lies ahead this year

  • 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.

Oliver Allen (Senior US Economist)US

30 April 2025 US Monitor A gargantuan drag from net trade points to a fall in Q1 GDP

  • An unprecedented surge in the goods trade deficit in Q1 points to a huge drag on GDP growth.
  • We think GDP fell by about 1%, but total private sector demand likely still rose at a healthy rate.
  • The looser labor market points to much lower wage growth and underlying services inflation ahead. 

Oliver Allen (Senior US Economist)US

29 April 2025 US Monitor Slow GDP growth in Q1 probably is a sign of things to come

  • We expect GDP growth of 0.5% in Q1, although big questions hang over net trade and inventories.
  • GDP likely will broadly stagnate over the rest of this year, as tariffs hit real incomes and investment.
  • Shortages of products made in China are unlikely to emerge in stores until July.

Oliver Allen (Senior US Economist)US

PM Datanote: US Durable Goods Orders, March

Equipment investment set to slump after a solid Q1.

Oliver Allen (Senior US Economist)US

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