US manufacturing sector growth accelerates in March, but inflation intensifies due to war in Middle East | Metals Mine

  • US manufacturing sector growth accelerates in March, but inflation intensifies due to war in Middle East

    From pmi.spglobal.com

    US manufacturing performance improved in March, with growth solid and picking up since February amid better gains in both output and new orders. However, with tariffs continuing to negatively impact new export sales, growth was principally driven by higher domestic demand. Moreover, this in part reflected some client safety stock building due to the war in the Middle East, which drove up inflation and added to supply-chain stress. March’s survey signaled notable accelerations in both input and output price inflation, whilst the time taken to deliver inputs to manufacturers deteriorated to the greatest degree since ... (full story)

Comment Options
    • Older Stories  
    Iran: Strait won't reopen based on Trump's 'absurd' displays

    From @zerohedge|Apr 1, 2026|89 comments

    *IRAN: STRAIT WON'T REOPEN BASED ON TRUMP'S 'ABSURD' DISPLAYS IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER ARAGHCHI: ONLY IRAN AND OMAN WILL DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ - PRESS TV.

    Canadian manufacturing sector stagnates in March

    From pmi.spglobal.com|Apr 1, 2026

    March PMI® survey data from S&P Global pointed to a weakening in several measures of Canadian manufacturing sector performance in March. Production and employment both fell ...

    Fed's Musalem: Could support rate hike if inflation worsens

    From @MaceNewsMacro|Apr 1, 2026

    ST LOUIS FED'S MUSALEM Q&A/AEI: COULD SUPPORT RATE HIKE IF INFLATION WORSENS #Musalem #FederalReserve #economy ST LOUIS FED'S MUSALEM Q&A/AEI: POLICY RATE APPROPRIATE 'FOR SOME TIME' BUT COULD SUPPORT RATE CUT IF INFLATION FALLS OR JOBS MKT WORSENS #Musalem #FederalReserve #economy ST LOUIS FED'S MUSALEM Q&A/AEI:LOOKING TO SEE HOW BROAD OIL SHOCK TO BE, DURATION, AND EFFECT ON INPUT PRICES #Musalem #FederalReserve #economy ST LOUIS FED'S MUSALEM Q&A/AEI: COMMITTED TO GETTING INFLATION RATE DOWN TO2%, NOT SOME HIGHER NUMBER; HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE SUCCESS #Musalem #FederalReserve #economy

  • Story Stats

  • Related Stories