Treasury yields are slightly lower across the curve this morning in a continuation of yesterday’s rally that pushed long-end yields 5 basis points lower. Covid remains the primary culprit for the negative market sentiment as cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to rise in Europe and the U.S., and the reduced odds of a stimulus deal ahead of the election is also contributing to the flattening bias in Treasuries. The preliminary September durable goods report was much better than expected, with headline orders rising 1.9% over the month vs. 0.5% expected. Non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft (i.e., core orders), which are used as a proxy for capital expenditures, doubled expectations at +1.0% in September. The one disappointment in the report was core shipments, which were up 0.3% vs. 0.4% expected. This is another solid report for business investment, but it probably doesn’t move the needle much in terms of altering economist expectations for Thursday’s initial estimate of Q3 GDP.
Jason Haley
Chief Investment Officer
Date | Event | Survey | Actual | Prior | Revised |
10/26/20 | Chicago Fed Nat Activity Index | 0.73 | 0.27 | 0.79 | 1.11 |
10/26/20 | New Home Sales | 1025k | 959k | 1011k | 994k |
10/26/20 | New Home Sales MoM | 1.40% | -3.50% | 4.80% | 3.00% |
10/26/20 | Dallas Fed Manf. Activity | 13.5 | 19.8 | 13.6 | — |
10/27/20 | Durable Goods Orders | 0.50% | 1.90% | 0.50% | 0.40% |
10/27/20 | Durables Ex Transportation | 0.40% | 0.80% | 0.60% | 1.00% |
10/27/20 | Cap Goods Orders Nondef Ex Air | 0.50% | 1.00% | 1.90% | 2.10% |
10/27/20 | Cap Goods Ship Nondef Ex Air | 0.40% | 0.30% | 1.50% | — |
10/27/20 | FHFA House Price Index MoM | 0.70% | 1.50% | 1.00% | 1.10% |
10/27/20 | S&P CoreLogic CS 20-City MoM SA | 0.50% | 0.47% | 0.55% | 0.75% |
10/27/20 | S&P CoreLogic CS 20-City YoY NSA | 4.20% | 5.18% | 3.95% | 4.12% |
10/27/20 | S&P CoreLogic CS 20-City NSA Index | — | 229.4 | 226.55 | 226.92 |
10/27/20 | S&P CoreLogic CS US HPI YoY NSA | — | 5.71% | 4.78% | 4.78% |
10/27/20 | S&P CoreLogic CS US HPI NSA Index | — | 224 | 221.64 | 221.63 |
10/27/20 | Conf. Board Consumer Confidence | 102 | — | 101.8 | — |
10/27/20 | Conf. Board Present Situation | — | — | 98.5 | — |
10/27/20 | Conf. Board Expectations | — | — | 104 | — |
10/27/20 | Richmond Fed Manufact. Index | 18 | — | 21 | — |
10/28/20 | MBA Mortgage Applications | — | — | -0.60% | — |
10/28/20 | Advance Goods Trade Balance | -$84.5b | — | -$82.9b | — |
10/28/20 | Wholesale Inventories MoM | 0.40% | — | 0.40% | — |
10/28/20 | Retail Inventories MoM | 0.50% | — | 0.80% | — |
10/29/20 | Initial Jobless Claims | 773k | — | 787k | — |
10/29/20 | Continuing Claims | 7700k | — | 8373k | — |
10/29/20 | GDP Annualized QoQ | 32.00% | — | -31.40% | — |
10/29/20 | Personal Consumption | 38.90% | — | -33.20% | — |
10/29/20 | GDP Price Index | 2.90% | — | -1.80% | — |
10/29/20 | Core PCE QoQ | 4.00% | — | -0.80% | — |
10/29/20 | Bloomberg Consumer Comfort | — | — | 46.6 | — |
10/29/20 | Pending Home Sales MoM | 3.00% | — | 8.80% | — |
10/29/20 | Pending Home Sales NSA YoY | — | — | 20.50% | — |
10/30/20 | Personal Income | 0.40% | — | -2.70% | — |
10/30/20 | Personal Spending | 1.00% | — | 1.00% | — |
10/30/20 | Real Personal Spending | 0.80% | — | 0.70% | — |
10/30/20 | PCE Deflator MoM | 0.20% | — | 0.30% | — |
10/30/20 | PCE Deflator YoY | 1.50% | — | 1.40% | — |
10/30/20 | PCE Core Deflator MoM | 0.20% | — | 0.30% | — |
10/30/20 | Employment Cost Index | 0.50% | — | 0.50% | — |
10/30/20 | PCE Core Deflator YoY | 1.70% | — | 1.60% | — |
10/30/20 | MNI Chicago PMI | 58 | — | 62.4 | — |
10/30/20 | U. of Mich. Sentiment | 81.2 | — | 81.2 | — |
10/30/20 | U. of Mich. Current Conditions | — | — | 84.9 | — |
10/30/20 | U. of Mich. Expectations | — | — | 78.8 | — |
10/30/20 | U. of Mich. 1 Yr Inflation | — | — | 2.70% | — |
10/30/20 | U. of Mich. 5-10 Yr Inflation | — | — | 2.40% | — |
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