Chicago PMI
Chicago PMI (Chicago purchasing managers' index) is also referred to as The Business Barometer and gauges factory health in the upper Midwest. The index signals factory-sector expansion when it is above 50 and a contraction when it is below.
The Chicago PMI is produced by the National Association of Purchasing Management.
The report is released at 9:45AM ET at the end of each month. The data is for the current month.
The report is considered a market-moving "first look" at economic activity in the USA.
Today the market was inundated with a flurry of negative economic data, which showed that major cracks are developing in the real economy. Data showed job losses are mounting, U.S. consumers are pulling back in a major way, new home sales were worse than dire projections and consumer confidence is waning.
Data today on the employment front showed that initial jobless claims last week were 529,000, with ...
The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session:
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Economics:
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Durable Orders for October - Street expects down 2.5%, compared to up ...
The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session:
Before Market Opens:
Economics:
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Personal Income/Spending for Sept.Earnings:
American Axle (NYSE: AXL) - consensus loss $0.37, revs $527.85M
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) - consensus EPS $1.04, revs $3.94B
AsiaInfo (Nasdaq: ASIA) - consensus ...
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Chicago PMI comes in at 56.7, versus the consensus of 53
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Trading Radar for 9/30: Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG), Xyratex (XRTX) Report; Chicago PMI, Consumer Confidence for September Due
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Chicago PMI comes in at 57.9, versus the consensus of 50
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Trading Radar for 8/29: Personal Income/Spending for July, Chicago PMI, UofM Sentiment for August Due
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Chicago PMI comes in at 50.8, versus the consensus of 49.0
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Trading Radar for 7/31: Exxon (XOM), Altria (MO), MasterCard (MA), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Kellogg (K), Motorola (MOT) Report; GDP (Adv.) for Q2, Initial Jobless Claims, Chicago PMI Due
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Chicago PMI comes in at 49.6, versus the consensus of 48
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Chicago PMI comes in at 49.1, versus consensus of 48.5
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Trading Radar 5/30: Tiffany (TIF), Lions Gate (LGF) Report; Personal Income, PCE Core Inflation for April Due
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Chicago PMI comes in at 48.3, versus the consensus of 47.5
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Trading Radar 4/30: Garmin (GRMN), Kraft (KFT), Starbucks (SBUX), Time Warner (TWX), Procter & Gamble (PG), Las Vegas Sands (LVS); GDP for Q1, ADP Employment Report, and FOMC Policy Statement Due
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Chicago PMI comes in at 48.2, versus the consensus of 46
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Chicago PMI comes in at 44.5, versus the survey of 49
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Chicago PMI comes in at 51.5 versus the consensus of 52
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Trading Radar 1/31: Bristol-Myers, MasterCard, Google Report (BMY, MA, GOOG); Initial Jobless Claims Due
