US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI adds another miss, USD slide continues

US services sector business survey released at 53.9, below 54.5 expectations.
Employment sub-component improves to 55.5 in November.
NFP leading-indicator table is looking more red than green.
US dollar sell-off is prolonged across the board.

Jordi Martínez FXStreet

The US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI for the month of November printed a 53.9 reading, half a point below the consensus expectation. The service sector business survey adds to the bunch of negative releases coming from the United States this week, after disappointments from the ISM Manufacturing PMI and the ADP Employment Report.

Despite being sustained by historically good employment figures, the US service sector is slowly surrendering to the deceleration already seen in the manufacturing one. The disappointment seen in November's survey makes it the seventh month this year where ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI figures have disappointed expectations and the eighth time it has shown a decrease from the previous release.

ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI historical data

The US dollar extended its losses after the release, with EUR/USD touching 1.1110 before retracing back just below 1.11 and GBP/USD making new multi-month highs at 1.3115 at press time.

Upbeat employment sub-component helps shaky NFP leading-indicator table

Despite the negative generic reading, there were some green lights in the report, as the employment sub-index came out improved in November, printing a 55.5 reading, growing 1.8% from the 53.7 seen in October.

All in all, these dismal releases are providing negative signals for Friday's US jobs report, an important one before next week's Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting. The NFP leading indicator table looks more reddish than greenish.

US jobs report pre-release checklist – Dec 6th, 2019

Previous Non-Farm Payrolls	Neutral	Headline number at 128k beat very modest expectations, but decreased from the previous reading (180k).
Challenger Job Cuts	-	To be released on Thursday, December 5th at 12.30 GMT.
Initial Jobless Claims	-	To be released on Thursday, December 5th at 12.30 GMT.
Continuing Jobless Claims	-	To be released on Thursday, December 5th at 12.30 GMT.
ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI	Positive	Despite a disappointing generic reading, the employment sub-component in the ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI improved in November to 55.5, from 53.7 in October.
ISM Manufacturing PMI	Negative	Employment sub-component in the ISM Manufacturing PMI disappointed for the third month in a row, printing a modest 46.6, way into contraction territory.
University of Michigan Consumer Confidence Index	Positive	UMich consumer survey continued its recovery in November, ticking up to 96.8, the fourth consecutive increase.
Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index	Negative	CB consumer survey showed a small retracement from 126.1 to 125.5, also failing to match the expectations, which were forecasting a surge to the 127 mark.
ADP Employment Report	Negative	The leading indicator most correlated with the headline NFP number printed a dismal 67K reading, well below 140K expectations.
JOLTS Job Openings	Negative	Job openings fell below expectations in September, printing 7.024 million labor vacancies, the third consecutive month with a number below expectations.

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Jordi Martínez

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Jordi Martínez is the Editor in Chief at FXStreet, leading editorial operations at the company, before being promoted to the role in 2023, he worked in several editorial positions at FXStreet, including roles as Senior Editor and

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