Posted on 01/02/2004 1:25:48 PM PST by Starwind
US ISM Index 66.2 in Dec vs 62.8 in Nov
Friday January 2, 10:06 am ET
NEW YORK, Jan 2 (Reuters) - The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the National Association of Purchasing Management, on Friday reported its monthly indexes of manufacturing activity for December. A listing of the main ISM components follows: . Dec Nov Oct Sept August July June PMI 66.2 62.8 57.0 53.7 54.7 51.8 49.8 New Orders 77.6 73.7 64.3 60.4 59.6 56.6 52.2 Production 73.0 68.3 62.6 57.3 61.6 53.3 52.9 Employment 55.5 51.0 47.7 45.7 45.9 46.1 46.2 Supplier Delvs 58.8 56.0 53.9 52.4 53.3 51.1 50.0 Inventories 47.3 50.0 44.5 42.7 42.5 45.9 41.3 Prices 66.0 64.0 58.5 56.0 53.0 53.0 56.5 Backlog Ords 61.0 59.0 53.5 52.5 51.5 51.0 50.0 Export Orders 60.4 57.9 59.6 52.9 55.3 53.8 54.4 Imports 57.8 62.4 57.3 60.7 55.1 56.0 56.4 FORECAST: A Reuters survey of economists on average expected a median reading of 61.0 in December versus a November reading of 62.8. 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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