Good MorningThe market had a bit of a mixed day on Wednesday following the first U.S. Presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle. Although equity traders largely shrugged off the event in favor of better than expected economic data by the end of the day the major indices had given up some of the gains leaving the S&P 500 up about 1.0% for the day. The data includes an upward revision to the final read on the 2nd quarter GDP as well as more current data from the labor, housing, and manufacturing sectors.
The GDP data underscores what we already know. The shut-down was bad but not as bad as expected and nowhere close to the worst-case scenario. The other data underscores a developing story in that the rebound is stronger than expected. On the labor front, the ADP employment report showed upward of 700,000 newly added jobs in September, better than expected and up from the previous month. Regarding housing and manufacturing, both the pending home sales and Chicago PMI data were up from last month and better than expected.
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