NEWSFEED HIGHLIGHTS
- PMI Services: 53.7 (prev 53.4)
- PMI Services: 56.3 (prev 56.0)
• Rev: $12.68B (est $10.43B)
• Adj EPS: 69c (est 49c)
• Adj Gross Margin: 6.4% (est 6.52%)
• Sees Q3 Adj EPS: At least 60c (est 52c)
• Sees Q3 Net Sales: At least $12.3B (est $10.25B)
• Still Sees FY Net Sales: At least $40.0B (saw at least $36B)
- Employment Change (Q/Q): 0.5% (est 0.3%; prev 0.0%)
- Employment Change (Y/Y): 0.2% (est –0.1%; prev –0.6%)
- Participation Rate: 70.5% (est 70.3%; prev 70.3%)
- Pvt Wages Ex Overtime (Q/Q): 0.4% (est 0.5%; prev 0.5%)
- Pvt Wages Inc Overtime (Q/Q): 0.5% (est 0.5%; prev 0.4%)
- Average Hourly Earnings (Q/Q): 0.7% (prev 0.7%)
- Adj EPS $0.72 (est $0.69)
- Rev $10.50B (est $10.31B)
- Sees 2026 Adj EPS 0% To +5%
- Sees 2026 Organic Net Rev 0% T0 +2% (est +2.77%) 
FEATURED STORIES
Headline consumer price growth in the Eurozone last month likely fell even further beneath the level preferred at the European Central Bank, where the officials could maintain monetary policy for all of the current year and beyond, according to observers.
An economists’ poll predicted that the annual Eurozone headline inflation rate in January slipped two-tenths to 1.7%, which would bring it well below the ECB’s target of...
Australia’s central bank raised its key interest rate on Tuesday, becoming the first major monetary authority to hike this year, as it judged domestic inflation pressures were persistent enough to warrant renewed...
For the third time in a row, economic activity in the euro area has improved more than anticipated, with last quarter’s strength coming from unexpected gains in a number of major economies.
The EU statistics office Eurostat said seasonally adjusted Eurozone GDP expanded at a quarterly rate of 0.3% in Q4 to match the number from the previous quarter and outpace the market expectation of 0.2%.
Q4...
The euro area economy likely produced a touch less expansion in the fourth quarter than in the previous three-month period amid unprecedented volatility in the global trade environment.
An economists’ poll said quarterly GDP growth in the Eurozone rose 0.2% last quarter after increasing 0.3% in the previous three months.
Also due with the preliminary data report Friday is the year-on-year rate, with a Q4 rise of 1.2% expected following 1.4% in the previous...
All is relatively quiet on the political front as investors look ahead to Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee interest rate decision. Markets expect no fireworks from officials who have already indicated they are leaning out of the January meeting.
Respondents to the latest economists’ poll predicted rate-setters will announce unchanged policy at the conclusion of the two-day meeting.
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