The ISM Number Barely Moved. The One Underneath It Just Jumped.

September’s ISM Manufacturing PMI barely budged — but its Prices Paid sub-index spiked to a multi-month high, reopening the factory-gate inflation question the Fed can’t ignore.
Morgan Stanley Just Named Gold’s Floor. Here’s the Number.

Morgan Stanley just named $4,000 as gold’s floor, citing three structural supports: steady central bank buying, fiscal debt concerns, and a possible oil-driven easing in yields. Meanwhile, silver is quietly outperforming today. Here’s what’s actually holding, what’s pressuring gold, and what would flip the floor into a rally.
Gold Steadies Near $4,180. A GDP Upgrade Just Undercut the Inflation Miss.

A softer-than-expected inflation print should have lifted gold. An upward GDP revision overruled it, keeping an October Fed hike alive.
