Boeing, Boeing, Gone: Did DEI Just Kill Durable Goods Orders?
The headline US durable goods new orders print for preliminary June data was a disaster - plunging 6.6% MoM (vs expectations of 0.3% MoM rise!). That dragged goods orders down
Source: Bloomberg
However, through the rose-colored glasses of everything's still awesome, core durable goods orders surprised to the upside (+0.5% MoM vs +0.1% exp, rebounding from May's 0.1% MoM decline)...
While war spending rose, non-defense spending is plunging...
Source: Bloomberg
So what caused the collapse in headline durables? Just blame Boeing's D(eadly)EI hiring practices again.
Doesn't seem like it's supporting the big AI Capex boom narrative too much?
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