The surprise decline in the ISM manufacturing index in May indicates that tariffs continue to weigh significantly on the sector. While the May data is less gloomy than initially appears, as a sharp decline in inventories offset a strengthening in the other components of the index, its low level points to manufacturing output stagnating at best.
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