January's durable goods report is a lot better than the 5.2% m/m drop in headline orders suggests, even after factoring in the downward revision to December's gain, which was trimmed to 3.7% m/m from 4.6%. Nevertheless, the survey evidence is still at a relatively weak level, so we don't expect great things from business investment in the first half of this year.
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