NEWS

Real 10-Yr Rate Grinding Slowly Higher

10/13/2020

The Federal Reserve has stated it will not pursue negative interest rates. Therefore, the only way for the change to be more negative is for inflation to increase, which is why the Federal Reserve has stated a new policy of average inflation targeting.

Bottom in Machine Tool Orders in Sight

10/12/2020

The trend in the GBI: Metalworking indicates that machine tool orders will bottom out sometime between September and the first quarter of 2021.

Durable Goods New Orders Nearing a Bottom

10/7/2020

A burst in consumer durable goods spending indicates that the annual rate of contraction in durable goods new orders may be near a bottom.

Disposable Income Growth Above Average for 5th Month

10/6/2020

While disposable income growth was above its historic average rate, a significantly higher proportion of income was still coming from government transfer payments.

Consumer Durable Goods Spending Hits All-Time High for 3rd Straight Month

10/6/2020

Spending patterns are changing due to the pandemic. Service and experience items are out. Goods that allow more isolated entertainment or tie in with a life of working from home are in.

Gardner Business Index: September 2020

10/1/2020

The Gardner Business Index reported a second consecutive month of expansionary activity in September.  Large manufacturers and those serving the automotive and medical industries helped propel the Index higher.

How will YOU profit from California's Ban on ICE vehicles?

9/24/2020

A significant change in California’s regulation of the state’s automotive market has significant ramifications for both the industry and the entire automotive supply chain.

Housing Permits Show Continued Strength

9/24/2020

Total permits in the three-month period ending August 2020 were the highest three-month total since July 2007.

Cutting Tool Orders Nearing a Bottom

9/21/2020

Recent changes in the Gardner Business Index indicate that the annual rate of contraction in cutting tool orders is nearing a bottom.

Durable Goods Production at Highest Level Since February

9/15/2020

Compared with one year ago, the index contracted 8.1%, which was the fourth month in a row that the month-over-month rate of change in the index decelerated and the slowest rate of contraction since February.