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US ISM Index 66.2 in Dec vs 62.8 in Nov
Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | January 2, 2004

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/


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: ism; ismindex; manufacturing; manufacturingindex; trade
The full ISM manufacturing report is at December Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®
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