Great month for auto sales

This isn't a surprise this late in the day because individual automakers have been reporting great numbers.

Autodata is showing the light vehicle sales rate at 20.6 million, which is the highest since July 2005.

There are definitely some signs that the US dollar is hurting exporters but the domestic consumer is strong and that will push the Fed towards hiking. Their bias has been towards brushing off foreign worries and trade worries while focus on domestic internals.