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
Doesn’t seem like it’s supporting the big AI Capex boom narrative too much?
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