Service sector, employment rose slightly and it was slowed by worker shortages, Household Spending was solid. Agricultural conditions across the country deteriorated some of the detail we were talking about in terms of around the country. Boston said signs of slowing were more widespread than they had been in the past chicago said manufacturing declined with a slight increase in growth overall. Kansas city had a slight expansion. New york reported a subdued pace of growth. And dallas a moderate expansion. Tariff guys were mentioned 24 times versus 24. Its been elevated as you know, for the past 1e6r8 months. Steve, thank you, sir steve liesman. Markets digesting the beige book lets go to bob pisani basically flat response here, with the s p down 8 bank stocks still slightly to the down side. The key is to watch the Global Growth commentary. Remember what happened yesterday . The imf lowered its outlook for Global Growth to 3 from 3. 2 back in july this is the lowest growth weve seen si
Concerns over software and tech stocks lower weve been up, down, all around for the markets today. As we stand, though, with 59 minutes, were higher on the dow, lower on the s p. Joining us for the full hour, from capital usa, keith, good afternoon to you. Thank you, wilf. Earnings been Strong Enough so far or have they been resoundingly strong this week . Theyve been strong so far. I think the markets have been less than vigorous, shall we say, the last couple of months i think well enter a period less vigorous than it was before thats going to be a key component for how we evaluate the economy and market Going Forward. Lets check in on the markets. S p 500 down by about 0. 1 and the dow higher by four points so far. Retail sales, and eamon javers has the latest on trade lets start with wilf on the banks. Bank of america reported this morning. They continue to feed from yesterday, the impact of low rates, while negative, has been less bad than feared that interest margin was down only