Philly Fed manufacturing index falls sharply to 0.3 in June after 16.6 in May
The numbers: The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index in June fell to just 0.3 after registering a four-month high of 16.6 in the prior month.
Manufacturing conditions in the region weakened this month, according to firms responding to the June Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey. https://t.co/pA7w5VxCk9 pic.twitter.com/H1r5ml7lww Big picture: A similar survey conducted by the New York Fed saw sentiment plunge by a record amount into negative territory in June. Taken together, the two reports suggest that the national ISM manufacturing index might show a reading below 50%, or contraction in activity, for the first time since August 2016. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday noted that business investment is a weak link in the economy.
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