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/
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