Everything is awesome again in Chicago apparently...
Against expectations of a modest drop from 58.9 to 58.7, MNI's Chicago Business Barometer exploded higher to 65.2 in September...
This is well above the highest analyst expectation and 5 standard deviations above expectations...
Under the hood, it's also awesome...
Apparently, having nothing else to comment on this morning, moments ago the president tweeted that as of this moment, the S&P just hit its latest, 40th YTD, all time high in 2017.
"RECORD HIGH FOR S & P 500!"
RECORD HIGH FOR S & P 500!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 29, 2017
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Authored by Damir Kaletovic via OilPrice.com,
Sources have told Reuters that the Saudi drive to get OPEC on board with production cuts last year - threatening to quit the bloc if members disagreed - was in part meant to maximize Aramco’s valuation with higher oil prices ahead of its planned IPO.
An Aramco IPO changes everything for OPEC.
The dollar rally paused on Friday and looked poised to finish its best weekly gain of the year with a whimper, when in a repeat of the Thursday session the, Bloomberg dollar index first rose more than 0.1% during Asia hours before slumping around the European open as month and quarter-end flows came into play again.