The solid increase in durable goods orders in March reflects both easing supply shortages as well as strong underlying investment demand. Business equipment investment is usually one of the more rate-sensitive parts of the economy, but tight labour markets and elevated capacity utilisation rates this early in the cycle mean we expect investment growth to hold up quite well.
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