Chicago PMI (Chicago Business Barometer) is a sentiment indicator, which measures the health of both manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors of Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan by surveying the opinion of the supply and purchasing managers of private companies. It is one of the leading fundamental indicators. PMI values above 50 suggest an economic expansion. Readings under 50 signal possible contraction in the activity. Chicago PMI is reported monthly by the MNI Indicators (a part of Market News International Inc.) on the last business day of the current month. A better-than-expected report can push the US dollar up, while a worse-than-expected value usually turns to be a bearish signal for the currency. The posts listed below contain the Chicago PMI values from the reports since 2007.
Note: Do not confuse this indicator with ISM services PMI and ISM manufacturing PMI.
2020
- EUR/USD Rallies Ahead of Trump’s Press Conference
- EUR/USD Volatile After ECB Meeting, US Data
- EUR/USD Drops, Rebounds from Daily Low
- EUR/USD Retreats After Attempting to Extend Rally
- US Data Mixed, EUR/USD Surges
2019
- EUR/USD Rises Little Bothered by US Economic Releases
- EUR/USD Declines After Positive Revision of US GDP
- EUR/USD Flat After Disappointing US Data, FOMC Rate Cut
- EUR/USD Climbs After ISM Manufacturing Declines Unexpectedly
- EUR/USD Continues to Fall for Whole Week
- EUR/USD Continues to Fall After FOMC Interest Rate Cut
- EUR/USD Gains as Eurozone Inflation Accelerates
- EUR/USD Gains Despite Risk Aversion, Poor Eurozone Data
- EUR/USD Rallies After Data from Eurozone
- EUR/USD Moves in Range After Attempting to Bounce
- EUR/USD Loses Gains After Release of US GDP
- EUR/USD Falls on Eurozone Macroeconomic Data
2018
- EUR/USD Trades Without Direction on Mixed US Data
- EUR/USD Declines as ADP Employment Grows Beyond Expectations
- EUR/USD Recovers from Drop Caused by Italian Budget
- EUR/USD Declines After Trade War Fears Resurface
- EUR/USD Attempts to Rally on Eurozone Inflation, Retreats to Opening
- EUR/USD Strong After EU Immigration Deal
- EUR/USD Volatile amid Geopolitical Uncertainty
- EUR/USD Declines After Disappointing German Retail Sales
- EUR/USD Slows Rally Ahead of Holiday
- EUR/USD Extends Decline Despite Poor US Data
- EUR/USD Slides Before FOMC, Remains Almost Flat After Policy Announcement
2017
- EUR/USD Continues to Rise Ahead of Year’s End
- EUR/USD Jumps Despite Positive US Data
- EUR/USD Flat as US Politics Diminish Impact of Good Economic Reports
- EUR/USD Rises After Core PCE Inflation Misses Expectations
- EUR/USD Falls, Rebounds Later
- EUR/USD Rallies to New High
- EUR/USD Declines on Last Day of June
- EUR/USD Pays No Heed to Slowing Eurozone Inflation
- EUR/USD Trims Gains Despite Slow US Economic Growth
- EUR/USD Halts Decline Even as Eurozone Inflation Disappoints
- Amazing US Macroeconomic Data Doesn’t Prevent Rally of EUR/USD
- EUR/USD Jumps After Remarks About Euro’s Weakness
- US PMI Reports Push EUR/USD Down on Year’s First Trading Session
2016
- EUR/USD Falls After Wednesday’s Economic Data from USA
- Dollar Gains on Euro as Impact of FBI’s Clinton Probe Fades
- EUR/USD Recovers Despite Good Data from USA
- EUR/USD Little Changed After Mixed US Data
- EUR/USD Rallies After Abysmal US GDP Report
- EUR/USD Halts Post-Brexit Rally
- EUR/USD Falls Sharply to Session Opening
- Rally of EUR/USD Accelerates
- EUR/USD Touches Highest Level Since October
- Poor US Economic Data Doesn’t Affect EUR/USD
- EUR/USD Erases Three Days of Gains
2015
- EUR/USD Down in Shallow Trading Before New Year
- EUR/USD Stays in Decline at Start of Important Week
- EUR/USD Slows Advance
- EUR/USD Reverses Movement
- EUR/USD Retains Gains for Second Day
- EUR/USD Bounces After Three-Day Decline
- EUR/USD Remains Under Pressure from Greek Problems
- Third Session of Gains for EUR/USD
- Dollar Remains Subdued vs. Euro
- Decline of EUR/USD Accelerates
- EUR/USD Starts Week with Small Gain
- EUR/USD Stable After US GDP Disappoints
2014
- EUR/USD Resumes Decline
- Dollar Retreats After Wave of Reports
- Dollar Gains on Euro for Third Session
- EUR/USD Drops on Euro Data, Recovers on US News
- EUR/USD Lacks Direction
- Poor US Data Does Not Prevent Drop of EUR/USD
- EUR/USD Heads to Monthly Gain
- EUR/USD Jumps, Erasing Weekly Loss
- EUR/USD Shoots to the Upside After FOMC
- EUR/USD Higher as German Data Damps ECB Stimulus Bets
- EUR/USD Jumps on Smaller Prospects for Additional Stimulus
- EUR/USD Extends Losses as Eurozone Inflation Unexpectedly Slows
- EUR/USD Falls on Mostly US Positive Reports
2013
- US & European Fundamentals Battle for Control of EUR/USD
- Small Decline of EUR/USD Turns into Massive Slump
- EUR/USD Retreats from Eight-Month High
- EUR/USD Drops with Slower Pace as Fears Ease
- EUR/USD Rises as Fed Keeps Stimulus Intact
- EUR/USD Gains on Positive European Reports, Erases Rally Later
- EUR/USD Tanks as European Fundamentals Disappoint
- EUR/USD Erases Losses on Hopes for ECB
- EUR/USD Recovers a Little
- EUR/USD Drops as Inflation Slows
- EUR/USD Maintains Gains
2012
- EUR/USD Drops Ahead of Weekened, Attempts to Rebound
- EUR/USD Rallies as Germany Approves Bailout for Greece
- EUR/USD Goes Down on Signs of Improvement in US Economy
- EUR/USD Picks Up as Bernanke Says Stimulus is Possible
- EUR/USD Rises Ahead of Monetary Policy Meeting of Fed & ECB
- EUR/USD Surges as Summit Boosts Optimism of Traders
- EUR/USD Rally Fails as Crisis Erased Faith in Euro
- EUR/USD Trades Sideways, Erasing Earlier Losses
- EUR/USD Rallies on Increase of Bailout Fund, Can It Keep Gains?
- EUR/USD Dips as Bernanke Sees Improvement of Job Market
- EUR/USD Drops Sharply After Rally
2011
- EUR/USD Drops, US Jobless Claims Climbs
- EUR/USD Surges on Unexpected Fed Announcement
- EUR/USD Down, Awaiting Greek Referendum
- EUR/USD Goes Down on US Statistics and Global Pessimism
- EUR/USD Little Changed as Fundamentals Hard to Interpret
- EUR/USD Surges as US Economic Output Increases Too Slowly
- EUR/USD Sees No Losses This Week
- EUR/USD at Highest Level in Three Weeks
- EUR/USD Growth Reverses on Dollar-Positive News
- EUR/USD Up as Eurozone CPI Grows, US Factory Orders Drop
- EUR/USD Advances as US Spending & Homes Sales Decline
- EUR/USD Advances as Inflation in Eurozone Accelerates
2010
- EUR/USD Rises as Economy Recovers
- EUR/USD Falls as PMI & Consumer Confidence Improve
- EUR/USD Trades Near Opening Level, Reports from US are Good
- Unexpectedly Good US Macroeconomics Bring EUR/USD Down
- EUR/USD Falls on Rising Home Prices and Consumer Confidence
- Mixed Economic Reports Causes Volatility of EUR/USD
- EUR/USD Rises on Bad Employment Report & Lower ECB Lending
- Volatile Moves of EUR/USD Caused by Bad News for Euro & Dollar
- EUR/USD Halts Growth After Bad U.S. GDP Report
- EUR/USD Grows Considerably Despite Lower Chicago PMI
- Dollar Down Despite GDP Increase
- Dollar Continues to Advance on GDP Growth
2009
- EUR/USD Bearish on U.S. Confidence
- EUR/USD Down on Home Sales, Dubai Optimism
- EUR/USD Shows Record Weekly Fall Since April
- Dollar Slightly Down But Spike Hints Bearish Sentiment
- EUR/USD Forms Doji This Week
- EUR/USD Gets Rallied by GDP Report
- EUR/USD Shows Spike on Consumer Confidence Decline
- EUR/USD Demonstrates Fastest Gain in 3 Weeks
- EUR/USD Fails to Remain on Top
- EUR/USD Slows Down but Still Up After Consumer and Manufacturing Confidence Reports
- Dollar Continues to Gain as GDP Falls in 4th Quarter
2008
- Abundance of Fundamental Reports from U.S. Causes EUR/USD to Correct
- Dollar Returns to Bullish Trend Despite Previous Losses
- Business and Consumer Cinfidence Boost Dollar
- Dollar Slides on Disappointing GDP Data
- Dollar Holds Steady on Construction and PMI
- Dollar Stalls against Euro Today
- EUR/USD Mostly Unchanged by Other Macroeconomic Releases before Fed Rate Decision
- Dollar a Bit Stronger at the Week’s End
- U.S. Dollar Regains Positions on Mixed Fundamentals