Weaker data put the Fed on the spot again

The slump in the ISM manufacturing index to a decade-low in September together with the fall in the non-manufacturing index to a three-year low triggered renewed fears that the US economy is headed for a recession. But September’s payroll figures suggest that growth is slowing rather than collapsing.

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