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Ah, Monday. A fresh start to the week. Let's look at what lies ahead, shall we?

From American Public Media. This is Marketplace.

Thank you. This is Marketplace.

In Los Angeles, I'm Kyle Rizzdall.

It is Monday, today the fourth day of May. It is always to have you along, everybody.

I will tell you what, whatever this week brings by way of

news out of the middle east and the global economy of which we have already had quite a bit thank

you very much and it is only monday one thing the next five days are not going to lack for is

economic data the labor department's april jobs report upon us Friday morning is the biggie. There will

be productivity numbers, also important, never sleep on productivity, data on new home sales as well.

This morning, we were delivered by the Census Bureau some insights into the state of American

manufacturing. To wit, new orders for manufactured goods were up one and a half percent last

month from a month earlier. And the thing is about that data, it is no outlier. We've had some other

news of late showing orders rose in April as well. And remember, that's despite all the uncertainty

surrounding the war and energy costs and tariffs, which are still very

much a thing. So while you ponder why the manufacturing sector has been so upbeat lately,

marketplace of Justin Ho is on it. One category where orders have been especially strong is electronics.

That category includes computers, computer storage devices, peripheral equipment.

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