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Chicago PMI Prints Worst June Since 2008 As Employment Tumbles

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Chicago PMI has now missed 4 of the last 5 months and printed sub-50 contractionary indications for 4 of the last 5 months. June's data improved from May (rising from 46.2 to 49.4) but missed expectations and is the weakest June print since 2008. Notably, away from 2015, June's print is the weakest since September 2009. Under the covers it was ugly - employment plunged to the weakest since Nov 2009, order backlogs plunges to the lowest since September 2009, and prices paid rose again (pressuring margins).

June's print is the weakest June since 2008!

 

Charts: Bloomberg

 

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Tue, 06/30/2015 - 09:56 | 6253818 NavMan
Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:00 | 6253841 TeamDepends
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Keynesians call this the Grab Yer Ankles phase of the economic cycle.

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:01 | 6253847 Dr. Engali
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The Kenyan in the white house would like for us to grab our ankles too.

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:50 | 6254051 fukidontknow
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The Kenyan prefers the ankle grabbing position himself.

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:06 | 6253871 Consuelo
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And in ~16 months, we'll be grabbing our Cankles...

 

 

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:13 | 6253895 two hoots
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This is like reporting an ingrown nail when you have this massive debt astroid about to strike and destroy life as we, not they, know it.

 

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 09:56 | 6253819 NavMan
Tue, 06/30/2015 - 09:56 | 6253821 NavMan
Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:05 | 6253863 Falling Down
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enough, already.

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:00 | 6253833 Dr. Engali
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Damn Greeks fucking up our roaring eCONomy. Why just this morning I was watching teevee and the cute blonde on CNBC was telling me how strong the CONsumer is. And if a blond says it, it must be true right?

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:09 | 6253879 PartysOver
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The cute blonde had a synapse meltdown when she was trying to arrange M&M's alphabetically.  It was an ugly scene.

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:09 | 6253883 disabledvet
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"Global. debt crisis now in overdrive! Spreading like wildfire!"

Shaking out the weak hands in Wall Street parlance...move along.

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 11:36 | 6254224 KnuckleDragger-X
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It's all a matter of optics and in a pitch black room there are no problems.......

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:58 | 6254078 joego1
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The cute blond gender identifies as a hermaphrodite penguin. Another illusion.

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:00 | 6253844 Non Passaran
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The economy is overheating!

Time to raise those interest rates...

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:14 | 6253897 disabledvet
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Rates can only go higher from here.

That's just a fact...one that has been empirically true ever since taper.

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:01 | 6253845 GeezerGeek
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Personally, I blame the weather.

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:05 | 6253864 101 years and c...
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i live in the midwest.  and when it wasnt raining, it was rather hot.  which brought the storms....which cooled things down.  thats the excuse.  can i get my Econ PhD from Princeton and my 280K salary from GS now?  

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:01 | 6253850 Quinvarius
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We all die in the long run.  I'd say 43.5 years of complete fiat horseshit was a nice long run. 

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:05 | 6253854 dobermangang
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No need to worry.  Next weeks desperation "back to school sales" will be starting.  That will give the economy a boost.

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:53 | 6254063 two hoots
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But what if it rains on Tuesday?

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:05 | 6253865 Consuelo
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Along with the Greeks, a Federal Reserve board member could not ask for a better foil.

 

 

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:14 | 6253881 MFL8240
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Is everyone looking at the criminal behavior taking place at the CME?  This is Jim Demon and his friends at their best.  Along with that, I hope everyone has read that the Kenyan released thousands of illegals criminals to maim and kill Americans.  When you want to end this?  How about we start today taking our country back?  

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:16 | 6253910 firstdivision
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Hurry, raise rates.  Restore faith in the system.

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:34 | 6253991 nakki
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All numbers are bullshit. Now bring on QE4ever. The Chinese have just begun to print, and if the FED is anything like the BoJ they have at least 20 years left. The papering over I fear is only in about the third inning.

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 11:16 | 6254134 Phillyguy
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How can the economy possibly grow with stagnant/falling wages, high unemployment coupled with anemic job growth (>90% of “new” jobs are temp positions- minimum wage, few benefits, zero job security)? The average college student is graduating with $30K in debt and moving back home with mom and dad. Companies are keeping stock prices up with stock buy-backs using ultra cheap money, supplied by taxpayers, rather than investing in new plants and equipment, which generates new jobs.  This is not how a healthy economy functions. More on PMI see: www.businessinsider.com/chicago-pmi-june-2015-6

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 13:12 | 6254661 Colonel Klink
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And yet CONsumer CONfidence is UP!  Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhttttttttttt!!!!!!!

Tue, 06/30/2015 - 14:47 | 6255081 Buster Cherry
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I suppose unless you were born and raised there, why live in that cesspool?

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