US Rapid Response US International Trade (Sep) The trade deficit narrowed markedly to $52.8bn in September, from $59.3bn, as exports increased by 3.0% m/m, easily outpacing a 0.6% m/m gain in imports. It now appears that third-quarter GDP growth... 11th December 2025 · 1 min read
US Rapid Response Fed Policy Announcement (Dec 2025) The FOMC overcame its divisions to vote for another interest rate cut today, albeit with three dissenting votes. The hawks on the Committee had a clear influence on the accompanying policy statement... 10th December 2025 · 3 mins read
US Rapid Response US Income & Spending (Sep 2025) The delayed September PCE data showed that monthly core price growth was only marginally above the target-consistent rate, with the annual core inflation rate edging back down to 2.8%. Real... 5th December 2025 · 2 mins read
US Rapid Response US Consumer Sentiment (Dec 2025) Consumer sentiment ends this year a little stronger thanks to the government reopening and the stock-market rally continuing. This should help keep fourth-quarter consumer spending resilient despite... 5th December 2025 · 2 mins read
US Rapid Response US ISM Services Index (Nov 2025) The sizeable fall back in the ISM Services prices paid index is consistent with “supercore” PCE inflation remaining elevated next year, but by much less than implied by last month’s release. That... 3rd December 2025 · 2 mins read
US Rapid Response US Industrial Production (Sep. 2025) The small rise in industrial production in September and revisions to previous months’ data mean output was unchanged across the third quarter as a whole. With the timelier ISM manufacturing index... 3rd December 2025 · 2 mins read
US Rapid Response US ADP Employment Report (Nov 2025) The modest fall in the ADP payrolls measure in November, coming on the back of a similar message from the Fed’s Beige Book, should be enough to persuade the FOMC to vote for another cut next week... 3rd December 2025 · 2 mins read
US Rapid Response US ISM Manufacturing Index (Nov. 2025) The further small decline in the ISM Manufacturing Index in November adds to the evidence that tariffs and related uncertainty are weighing on the factory sector, though not entirely crippling it. 1st December 2025 · 2 mins read
US Rapid Response US Durable Goods Orders (Sep 2025) September’s durable goods orders suggest investment remain resilient, despite lingering tariff uncertainty, as the AI boom drives strong spending on tech goods. 26th November 2025 · 2 mins read
US Rapid Response US Producer Prices (Sep. 2025) The PPI components feeding into the PCE deflator were, on balance, slightly hotter than we had initially anticipated, leading us to estimate that core PCE prices rose by 0.25% m/m in September. 25th November 2025 · 2 mins read
US Rapid Response US Retail Sales (Sep 2025) The slightly softer-than-expected retail sales data for September won’t be enough to spoil the third quarter, with our estimate of third-quarter GDP growth still 3.6% annualised. But, together with... 25th November 2025 · 2 mins read
US Rapid Response US Employment Report (Sep) The better-than-expected 119,000 increase in non-farm payrolls in September should have further reduced the odds that the Fed will cut interest rates again next month. Admittedly, revisions subtracted... 20th November 2025 · 2 mins read
US Rapid Response US Fed Minutes (October 28-29) The minutes of the FOMC meeting that concluded on 29 th October were unusually blunt, warning that “many” participants thought it would be appropriate to leave rates unchanged for the rest of the year... 19th November 2025 · 2 mins read
US Rapid Response US International Trade (Aug. 2025) Swings in gold trade were once more a key driver of movements in the trade balance in August, resulting in a $18.6bn narrowing in the deficit to $59.6bn. 19th November 2025 · 2 mins read
US Rapid Response US Consumer Sentiment (Nov. 2025) Government shutdown weighing on households’ mood The further decline in the already weak University of Michigan consumer sentiment measure to a three-year low of 50.3 in November confirms that the... 7th November 2025 · 2 mins read
US Rapid Response US ISM Services Index (Oct. 2025) The broad-based strength in October’s ISM services survey was overshadowed by the increase in the prices paid index to a three-year high, leaving it consistent with “supercore” PCE inflation rising... 5th November 2025 · 2 mins read
