- Highest since April 2011
- Prior 55.7
- Employment index 55.4 vs 54.7 exp. Prior 53.3. Highest since June 2012
- New orders 60.5 vs 63.2 prior
- Prices paid 56.5 vs 55.0 exp. prior 54.0
- Exports drop to 52.0 from 55.5 prior, Imports down to 55.0 from 58.0
Dollar gets a boost to 98.28 from 98.10. EUR/USD sheds 20 pips down to the overnight lows at 1.3519. Cable trades 3 pips under 1.6200 but bounces back.
A boost for the employment part of the report and the index overall despite the fall in exports and new orders which had been posting nice gains.
