Comments from ISM non-manufacturing survey chairman Nieves:

  • Labor market remains ‘mixed’
  • Hiring taking place as companies reach capacity
  • Respondents not seeing much inflation
  • Little evidence of building wage pressures

Interesting comments on inflation. For the Fed it’s a perfect scenario of accelerating growth without inflation pressures and Yellen/Dudley have indicated they can tolerate a period of rising inflation pressures before they’re forced to hike.