Chicago Factory Gauge Slumps In Lackluster Start To Big Data Week

On the docket this week is a bevy of key economic data and too many Fed speakers to count, but both the numbers and America's monetary policymakers will have to shout to have their figurative and literal voices heard above the cacophony emanating from Washington D.C., where the Trump administration is trying to put out a bonfire with a water pistol. While the market waits on ISM and September payrolls, MNI's Chicago factory gauge served up a bitter appetizer, printing 47.1 for the month, nearly