Consumption increased during March 2025 trail year-ago levels, reflecting persistent year-over-year declines.
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U.S. durable goods orders declined in April for the first time in four months, led by a sharp drop in transportation equipment.
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The decline would be the first in about a decade outside of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The latest government data showed that while overall monthly housing starts rose, they decline for single-family units.
The latest ISM forecast revealed flat or minimal growth for manufacturing in 2025, with revenue, employment and capital spending expectations all trending lower.
Canadian manufacturing sales fell for a second straight month in March, while wholesale sales posted a modest gain despite volume declines.
U.S. industrial production stagnated in April, as gains in utilities were offset by declines in manufacturing and mining.
U.S. producer prices fell 0.5% in April, marking a second consecutive monthly decline and flipped economists’ expectations of a 0.3% increase.
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U.S. inflation edged up in April, with modest gains in core prices and energy costs, while food prices showed mixed trends.
U.S. manufacturing technology orders jumped in March, signaling a potential rebound after two years of mild decline.
After a tariffs-driven jump in February, U.S. wholesale trade sales came back to more normal - though strong - growth in March.
The U.S. central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged, while warning of increased risks of inflation and unemployment amid tariff impacts.
That momentum, however, is expected to be short-lived amid trade tensions.
Following a healthy increase in February, total U.S. construction spend is down in March across the board in both private and public projects.
The U.S. industrial health gauge retreated further into contraction, hampered by lower production and export orders.
The results also show that distributors warn new tax increases could add to mounting financial pressures across the industry.
It followed healthy growth of 2.4% in 4Q24.
Meanwhile, February's monthly figure was revised upward.
