Markit manufacturing PMI

  • Final January reading was 55.6
  • Output 55.5 vs 56.1 flash and 56.2 prior
  • New orders 57.0 vs 57.8 flash and 56.8 prior
  • New orders at 1 year high

The ISM report is due at the top of the hour and this puts a bit of a negative bias into it.