US Economy Continues To Spurn Recession Banter

Activity across the US manufacturing sector expanded at the briskest rate in 17 months in early February. That's according to a preliminary read on S&P Global's PMIs for the world's largest economy, released into a frenzied backdrop on Thursday when another blowout quarter from Nvidia competed with the first Nikkei record in a quarter century for space above the digital news fold. The flash print on the manufacturing PMI was 51.5, up from 50.7 in January and the best reading since Septembe