ISM comments following the manufacturing PMI

  • Shouldn't make too much of one month changes
  • Need to wait and see and continue to watch jobs
  • Metals firms have difficulties finding workers
  • Slump in oil is a dark cloud for some industries

The end. A particularly abrupt conf call this time

I'm calling cobblers on his "one month" claim. From the breakdown list I put on the data post it may show employment as a 1 month trend but that ignores the one from September that showed employment had been slipping for 5 months

ISM breakdown from the September report