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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/