Year starts sour on weak factory data, $100 oil
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U.S. stocks sank on Wednesday, with the Dow getting off to its worst-ever start to a year, after data showed a surprise contraction in manufacturing and oil surged to $100 a barrel, raising the specter of stagflation.
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U.S. automakers were expected to report on Thursday that sales finished 2007 weakly, hurt by the housing slump and high gasoline prices, and the resulting worst sales year in a decade for the industry was seen as likely to increase pressure for further production cuts.
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U.S. stocks fell on Friday after a manufacturing index from the Institute for Supply Management showed its weakest reading in more than three years. For details, see ID:nWEN0600
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An employment report leads a slew of data Thursday, as investors look to rally from '08's rough start.
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Oil prices slipped to their lowest level   in five months before recovering slightly on Thursday as   dealers took a pause from a three-day decline ahead of U.S.   data expected to show healthy fuel stocks.
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Factory activity contracted in  December to its weakest since April 2003, according to an  industry report released on Wednesday.
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Oil fell on Thursday as traders took profits from a record rally that had pushed oil to $100 a barrel two days in a row -- a level that has raised a red flag over global economic growth.
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Hopes for a bullish start to the year for stocks faded after a key measure of manufacturing activity unexpectedly fell in December to its lowest level since 2003.
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January starts data throw cold water on hopes for recovery.
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Orders to U.S. factories for manufactured goods were weak for a second consecutive month as the nation's manufacturing sector sent signals it was shifting into a lower gear.
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Oil prices pulled further back from the brink of $100 a barrel on Thursday after fresh signs of weak U.S. oil demand and a Wall Street slump fuelled profit-taking from a near 40 percent rally in under three months.
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Business & money: Opec under fire as US crude nears $100 a barrel.
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Manufacturers&#39; business confidence in the three months to October deteriorated to its weakest level since the middle of last year as input prices, particularly oil, remained high, a survey shows.
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Top oil-producing countries have blamed the advance of crude prices toward $100 a barrel on financial speculation, geopolitical instability and a shortfall in refining capacity.
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Oil prices dipped on Thursday after leaping to a lifetime high of $100 the day before amid a new-year rush of investor demand fuelled by expectations of thinning U.S. stockpiles, the falling U.S. dollar and geopolitical risks.
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BusinessWeek Online - November ended with a volley of unfriendly data for the U.S. economy, and it looks as if December is starting out the same way. Weakness in U.S. economic reports released on Dec. 1 concerning the Institute for Supply Management's factory sentiment index, and construction spending -- following the weak releases on durable goods orders, the Chicago purchasing managers' sentiment index, and initial jobless claims earlier in the week -- have taken a big chunk out of the near-term U.S. GDP outlook. But the reports probably won't move the Federal Reserve from its current policy path.
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Oil prices traded marginally lower on Wednesday ahead of key U.S. data, which was expected to show a rise in heating fuel supplies as mild winter temperatures suppressed demand in the United States.