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The US Subject Reports the swiftries of new orders and work in February, fear that the economy has lost the momentum as well as multiplying.
The ISM shopping index on Monday fell to 50.3 in February from 50.9 last month studied with a sharp orders from 55.6.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta estimated GDP, which was also published on Monday, pointing a 2.8 percent falling in the first quarter, suggested 1.5 percent suggested Friday.
Numbers that come among the increasing concerns of the impact of President Donald Trump’s trade in the US economy, as corporations emphasis on the rigid tariffs of the largest partners.
Trump said he plans to impose 25 percent of Mexican tariffs and Canada from Tuesday, and twice the Chinese duty to 20 percent.
However, on Sunday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggests the size of tariffs yet, described the situation “fluid”.
Economists speak the uncertainty of tariffs with confidence, adding a sharp jump on a scale of prices that are targeted at the recurring concerns about the inflationary effects of levies.
“Many sectors have seen orders that are drying among the uncertainty uncertainty in trade policy,” says Oliver Allen in Pantheon Macroeconomics.
“At least some of the earlier increase in the ism manufacturing index from October to January Reflected Manufacturers Hurrying to complete orders before tariffs are applied – a rush that now seems to be petering out,” he added.
The first-quarter contraction indicated by the Atlanta fed would mark a sharp reversal after the US economy grew at an annualised rate of 2.3 per cent in the fourth quarter, though this was a weaker-than-expected end to a year-to-year resilient consumer.
The sharp leaks of the GDPNow indicator is influenced by bad trade data, weak build numbers and the ISM center reading.
Goldman Sachs economists are more optimistic in GDP, however, left their trace of estimates for the first quarter without changing an annual growth rate of 1.6 percent.
Jack Kleinhenz, President Economist at National Retail Federation, said US economy has entered 2025 with a “fair amount of momentum”.
But he added that the picture is less obvious, as the result of “cross-currents” including immigration restrictions, tariffs and deregulation.
“Although new economic data remains strong, we are worried about the risks of depletion,” he said.