China was squarely in focus this morning with Bloomberg reporting “Global stock markets are starting the week with a bang after China’s influential state media stoked bullish enthusiasm…

Following last week’s major reports on U.S. jobs, manufacturing, trade and more, the economic calendar isn’t nearly as full this week.

According to last week’s Employment Situation Report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. employment gains in June shattered May’s historic record of employment gains for a single month.

For the week ending June 27th, the American Iron and Steel Institute reports that “…domestic raw steel production was 1,240,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 55.4 percent. Production was 1,863,000 net tons in the week ending June 27, 2019 while the capability utilization then was 80.1 percent.

The latest U.S. on-highway diesel fuel prices.