The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) was 49.3 in July, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.
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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index rose again in July to 117.0, up from 110.1 in June and to the highest level since July 2021.
It was the fourth consecutive monthly increase, and more than twice the increase of May.
Amid cooling inflation, that figure is an acceleration from 1Q's 2.0% growth.
The increase follows a one-month pause in June and despite recent sharp declines in wholesale and consumer inflation rates.
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The decline reflected a broad industrial deceleration, led by a contraction in consumer durable goods.
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Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal had predicted a 0.2% increase in the producer price index, MarketWatch said.
The core June inflation index was up 4.8%, down from May’s 5.3%, and was a bigger decrease than expected.
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May 2023 sales of merchant wholesalers were $650.2 billion, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
May orders increased 8.6% over April 2023 but fell short of May 2022 orders, according to The Association For Manufacturing Technology.
Nonresidential construction employment rose by 12,200 positions on net, with positive growth in 2 of the 3 subcategories.
New orders for manufactured goods in May increased $1.6 billion, or 0.3%, to $578.0 billion, according to the Census Bureau.
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