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Everybody, the Marketplace macroeconomic word of the day today is vibes.

An explanation will be forthcoming in a matter of minutes, but to set the stage,

some of the data behind said vibes. Let us start with just one example,

an update from the Institute for Supply Management on US Manufacturing for July,

which included this line, the prices index remained in decreasing territory at a level generally

not seen since early in the coronavirus pandemic. When, by the way, this is no longer a quote,

you had to look really, really hard to find any inflation in this economy.

Marketplace's Mitchell Hartman gets us going with the data vibe.

I like it when an economist gives me an economic zeitgeist quote right at the top.

The economy continues to expand, but inflation pressures are easing.

Thanks for doing the heavy lifting Bill Adams, Chief Economist at Comerica Bank.

Adams says the latest ISM report on manufacturing confirms that the pandemic

era dynamic of shortages of everything causing inflation is behind us.

Supply chains are functioning better, consumers are spending more on experiences and less

on things, more supply, less demand, and that's going to flow through to slower increases in

manufactured goods prices or outright declines, and that's good for the Fed getting inflation

back to their target. We're seeing this inflation dynamic play out in the auto industry,

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