Meanwhile, Dow's up about 40. We're getting Chicago PMI for that. We'll turn to Rick Santelli.Happy Friday, Rick. Happy Friday. Happy Halloween.And yes, we are getting some of the PMIs. We get confidence numbers. They don't go through the government.Chicago's October read on PMI comes in better than expected. 43.8%. We're expecting a number closer to 42 and a half.There's good and there's bad. This is the best since well, July of this year, but that's still an improvement. sequentially higher than our final ...

Well, this is an odd one. 47.1% is our July read from MNI on the Chicago PMI. Manufacturing much better than expected, but still under 50.47.1% would be the best since March. But here's the issue. It's the 20th consecutive number under 50 in contraction mode. It's the 34th out of 35 under 50.The last time we had over 50 was November of 23, but prior to that, the entire year was under 50. So, it's definitely a weak number in general, but it's a strong number today. Dollar index, and we mentioned this yesterd ...