US Factory Orders Unexpectedly Tumbled In May
And to cap a day of serially ugly US macro data, factory orders unexpectedly plunged (-0.5% MoM) in May (against expectations of a 0.2% rise and worse still April was revised lower)...
Source: Bloomberg
The YoY rise in factory orders is just 0.9%... and remember that is nominal... So in reality factory orders are tumbling on a YoY real basis.
After three strong months, Core Factory Orders also dropped (tumbling 0.7% MoM)...
Source: Bloomberg
Is this bad enough to be good news for Fed doves?
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