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US ISM Index 57.0 in October vs 53.7 in Sept
Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | November 3, 2003

Posted on 11/03/2003 7:12:17 AM PST by Starwind

US ISM Index 57.0 in October vs 53.7 in Sept
Monday November 3, 10:03 am ET

 NEW YORK, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The Institute for Supply
Management, formerly the National Association of Purchasing
Management, on Monday reported its monthly indexes of
manufacturing activity for October.
 A listing of the main ISM components follows:
.              Oct   Sept   August July  June   May    April
PMI            57.0  53.7   54.7   51.8  49.8   49.4   45.4
New Orders     64.3  60.4   59.6   56.6  52.2   51.9   45.2
Production     62.6  57.3   61.6   53.3  52.9   51.5   47.0
Employment     47.7  45.7   45.9   46.1  46.2   43.0   41.4
Supplier Delvs 53.9  52.4   53.3   51.1  50.0   51.3   50.0
Inventories    44.5  42.7   42.5   45.9  41.3   46.1   42.7
Prices         58.5  56.0   53.0   53.0  56.5   51.5   63.5
Backlog Ords   53.5  52.5   51.5   51.0  50.0   51.0   47.5
Export Orders  59.6  52.9   55.3   53.8  54.4   50.8   51.1
Imports        57.3  60.7   55.1   56.0  56.4   52.2   54.5
 FORECAST:
 A Reuters survey of economists on average expected a median
reading of 56.0 in October versus a September reading of 53.7.
 THE SURVEY: The Manufacturing ISM Report On Business is
based on data provided monthly by purchasing executives at over
350 industrial companies. It reflects changes in the current
month compared with the previous month. Responses are raw data.
 FULL TEXT:
 http://www.ism.ws/


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: bushrecovery; ism; ismindex; manufacturing; manufacturingindex
The full Chicago ISM Mfg report is at October Manufacturing ISM Report On Business
1 posted on 11/03/2003 7:12:26 AM PST by Starwind
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2 posted on 11/03/2003 7:12:49 AM PST by Starwind (The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only true good news)
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