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US durable goods and jobless claims offset each other

DATA REACT
  • Core durable goods disappointed in the February preliminary release with both orders (-0.3% M/M) and shipments (+0.5% M/M) below consensus.
  • This sees orders with the softest monthly print since Feb’21 but it follows a solid +1.3% M/M in Jan and is within usual volatility of the series.
  • With a surprising fall in weekly initial jobless claims back below 200k offsetting the small miss in durable goods, TYM2 sits 1 ticks higher at 122-23+ whilst BBDXY is unchanged having initially firmed slightly.
  • Data focus swiftly moves onto the US PMIs later after record input and output price components in Germany and France this morning.

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