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End Of US Manufacturing Recession Comes With Inflation Warning
Rejoice: The US manufacturing recession's over.
America's marquee gauge of factory activity moved into expansion territory for the first time since late 2022, the first of this week's top-tier data from the world's largest economy showed.
At 50.3, the ISM headline was easily ahead of estimates. Economists expected 48.3, which would've counted as a 17th consecutive contraction.
"Demand was positive, output strengthened and inputs remained accommodative," Tim Fiore said.
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Fortunately, the kinds of stocks most likely to benefit from positive inflection in manufacturing are probably less sensitive to higher interest rates – they are shorter duration assets so to speak.