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Empire Manufaturing Index Rises As Margin Pressure Increases

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The Empire Manufacturing Index screamed higher to 12.1, much higher than the estimate of 3, yet the simple reason for this was margin pressure increased. As the chart below demonstrates The Prices Paid - Prices Received delta increased yet again, this time hitting 26.60, indicating manufacturers are losing on margin, which will impact the bottom line. And the future does not look much better: Prices Paid is expected to increase to +31.91 and Received to pick up to +5.32, meaning the margin pressure is here to stay.




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Mon, 08/17/2009 - 09:00 | Link to Comment lizzy36
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Talf extension - i am shocked.....

Mon, 08/17/2009 - 09:06 | Link to Comment deadhead
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beat me to it lizzy!  can't wait to see what other guns are pulled out today!

Mon, 08/17/2009 - 17:32 | Link to Comment zenith (not verified)
Mon, 08/17/2009 - 09:06 | Link to Comment MinnesotaNice
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Thank you for clearing that up TD... is there a reason that CNBC and Bloomberg can't mix information like that in with their 'happy news'.

 

Mon, 08/17/2009 - 09:07 | Link to Comment deadhead
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by the way, we don't manfacture much in NY anymore LOL!!  unless you count synthetic financial products, political bullshit, and cow manure upstate.

Mon, 08/17/2009 - 09:08 | Link to Comment MinnesotaNice
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lol

Mon, 08/17/2009 - 09:08 | Link to Comment Raymond Shaw
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All guns will be out to reverse the market decline.

Mon, 08/17/2009 - 09:43 | Link to Comment Arm
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Look at that chart.  Straight down stuka dive.   Some form of technical correction should ocurr before it continues down

The similarity to Oct 1929 is daunting.  Marginal buyers are gone and all the longs had relevered. I don't doubt that they will try to pump this one, but if they can't they will run to cover their own skins.   Remember GS, MS, JPM, STT all are long millions of SPY contracts (and that pesky GS VAR number).

Meanwhile FDIC will have to ask to tap its Treasury reserve this week, while Sweden, UK, Mexico, and Spain continue to teether on the brink of bankruptcy which will make fiscal stimulus even harder (remember that unfortunate concept of "crowding-out" in your econ 101 textbook?)

 

Let us wait and see, but if they can't turn it around margin calls will start coming in at the end of the day. 

Mon, 08/17/2009 - 10:49 | Link to Comment Chumly
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Let the MC's fly...I'm tired of walking in bullsh*t.

Mon, 08/17/2009 - 09:48 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Mon, 08/17/2009 - 09:13 | Link to Comment Sardonicus
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no more better than expected earnings.

Mon, 08/17/2009 - 09:16 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Mon, 08/17/2009 - 15:57 | Link to Comment MinnesotaNice
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Funny... thanks for sharing...

Mon, 08/17/2009 - 11:53 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Mon, 08/17/2009 - 17:32 | Link to Comment zenith (not verified)
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