US December factory ISM revised to 63.4 from 66.2

US December factory ISM revised to 63.4 from 66.2
Monday January 26, 10:21 am ET

NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The Institute for Supply Management on Monday said December manufacturing and non-manufacturing growth were slower than previously reported.

As a part of its annual revisions going back four years, ISM revised the December reading for its factory survey lower, to 63.4 from 66.2.

ISM's non-manufacturing gauge for last month was only slightly affected by the changes, which took the figure to 58.0 from the 58.6 originally reported.

NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the National Association of Purchasing Management, on Monday reported its annual revisions to its manufacturing indexes. A listing of the main ISM components follows: . Dec Nov Oct Sept August July June PMI 63.4 61.3 57.1 54.7 55.0 52.6 50.4 New Orders 73.1 71.4 64.6 60.9 60.4 57.6 52.9 Production 69.2 65.6 62.3 59.3 61.2 55.3 53.9 Employment 53.5 50.8 48.0 46.5 46.6 46.2 46.0 Supplier Delvs 58.6 56.0 54.1 53.1 53.3 51.4 50.6 Inventories 46.3 49.6 44.4 43.2 43.0 45.3 42.1 *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 60.0 57.1 59.3 53.1 55.2 54.2 54.4 Imports 58.1 61.0 58.4 59.2 56.0 55.9 56.2 *Denotes unrevised data. 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/

ISM U.S. non-manufacturing index revisions
Monday January 26, 11:22 am ET

 NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The Institute for Supply
Management (ISM) on Monday reported annual revisions to its
monthly non-manufacturing indexes.
 A number above 50 indicates growth, while anything below 50
denotes contraction.
 Following are the main ISM non-manufacturing index
components:
.                Dec   Nov   Oct   Sept  Aug   July  June
Bus Activity     58.0  59.6  63.3  61.7  63.8  64.1  59.5
New Orders       59.5  60.8  63.0  59.6  65.7  64.6  57.5
*Backlog Orders  55.5  52.5  54.0  57.0  51.5  54.5  51.5
*New Export Ords 57.5  54.5  58.0  56.0  58.5  47.5  49.5
*Inventory Sent  62.0  62.0  60.0  60.5  62.0  60.0  62.0
*Imports         57.0  57.5  56.0  55.0  60.0  54.0  50.5
Prices Index     60.3  58.1  58.9  58.9  56.2  52.6  52.7
Employment       54.0  54.4  52.8  49.5  51.1  50.9  50.0
*Supplier Delivs 52.0  53.0  53.0  55.0  52.5  53.5  51.5
 *Denotes unrevised data.
 THE SURVEY: ISM, formerly called the National Association
of Purchasing Management, compiles its diffusion index by
surveying more than 370 purchasing executives in more than 62
different service industries once a month.
 The responses reflect the change in the current month
compared to the previous month. The non-manufacturing ISM
Report is seasonally adjusted for business activity, new
orders, imports, and employment.
 The ISM non-manufacturing survey was launched in July
1997.
 FULL TEXT:
 For the text of the Institute for Supply Management's
Purchasing Managers Survey. It can be found on the Internet at
the following address:
 http://www.ism.ws/

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