What is the ISM Manufacturing Index?
The ISM Manufacturing Index, commonly known as the ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (ISM PMI), is a monthly gauge on the level of economic activity in the manufacturing sector in the United States versus the previous month.
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FWIW, I get interviewed monthly to contribute to that index. I don’t know why they pick me. Even when I change jobs, they keep finding me.
The ISM is up because the Feds are placing orders to replace the old gear we’re giving to the Ukrainians and they’re also taking orders from Europe for new weaponry.