FRX General Chatter

getting to the end of the year and SP is getting a little tickle on the slide down.

Travel is picking up so be interesting to see the data from the holiday season

Key USA November Highlights:

Travel spending moderated a bit in October after reaching a pandemic high in September but still remains positive at 3% above 2019 levels

Strong headwinds continue to prevent international inbound’s travel recovery.  Overseas arrivals remained 30% below 2019 levels in October

Despite increasing airfares, air passenger volume continues to steadily improve and was 5% below 2019 levels in October

Nearly eight in 10 current business travelers expect to attend a conference, convention or trade show in the next six months—similar but slightly down from Q2 2022

Just over half of American travelers believe they will make leisure travel a high spending priority in the next three months—a 10-month low

source: https://www.ustravel.org/research/monthly-travel-data-report