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Inflation Fears Plummet As UMich Sees Democrats' Confidence Pick Up In February
Inflation Fears Plummet As UMich Sees Democrats' Confidence Pick Up In February
After rebounding strongly in preliminary February data (as Democrats came to their senses over the fearmongered Trump tariff-flation), the final UMich sentiment survey print slipped lower with the headline lowered from 57.3 to 56.6. Both Current Conditions and Expectations were lower than the flash print with the latter falling to 2 month lows and the former holding at 4-month highs...
Does anyone else think its weird that all the numbers were exactly the same at 56.6
Source: Bloomberg
Democrats and Republicans...
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This morning we get a fresh glimpse at America's manufacturing segment - hard data - with Orders data (which is expected to drop MoM in December).
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Source: Bloomberg
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Authored by Rob Sabo via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The national median apartment rent shook off the seasonal winter chill and inched up by 0.4 percent in March from February to $1,363, Apartment List reported.
A sign is posted in front of an apartment building with available rentals in San Francisco on June 9, 2023. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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