purchasing managers index from the institute for supply management really decelerated sharply.f you jump in with me now, i will show you right here, look at this blue line going from 56.5 all the way down to 52.6. here is the manufacturing pmi. whoa, did it slide a couple of days ago. that unnerved markets around the world. the dividing line between expansion and contraction and i want to show you another thing. typically, this services index tends to rise higher than the manufacturing index, so when it goes to 52 .6, it is a more serious signal. that is one of the things that is important. one of the problems is people are wondering to what extent is not just the trade war damage for manufacturing possibly spreading to services in the broader economy, globally, look what is going on. three major countries. go back to the library with me now and you will see that you have the u.s., china, and germany all below 50 now. of course, china not quite so bad. there's the u.s., but poor germany, last week, that really got the markets going when people saw that. today, once again, bond