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Thursday, May 3, 2018

PMI Services Report Upbeat

A strong growth rate in new orders leads an upbeat PMI services report for April. The headline index ends April at 54.6, up 1 tenth from the mid-month flash and up 6 tenths from March. Employment growth in the sample remains very strong as do backlogs while confidence in the outlook is picking up, hitting a nearly 3-year high.

All this strength is being reflected in prices with both input costs and selling prices on the rise. These results together with last week's PMI manufacturing report make for a 7 tenths gain in the PMI composite to 54.9 in April.

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