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Durable Goods (Jan.) & Fed Chair Powell Testimony

The sharp fall in durable goods orders in January wasn’t quite as bad as it looks, as it was mainly driven by a plunge in both defence and commercial aircraft orders. But the details still suggest that business investment growth has slowed in the first quarter.

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