US ISM Index 54.7 in August vs 51.8 in July

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | September 2, 2003

[Starwind]

US ISM Index 54.7 in August vs 51.8 in July
Tuesday September 2, 10:08 am ET

 NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The Institute for Supply
Management, formerly the National Association of Purchasing
Management, on Tuesday reported its monthly indexes of
manufacturing activity for August.
 A listing of the main ISM components follows:
.             August July  June   May    April  March  Feb
PMI             54.7  51.8  49.8   49.4   45.4   46.2   50.5
New Orders      59.6  56.6  52.2   51.9   45.2   46.2   52.3
Production      61.6  53.3  52.9   51.5   47.0   46.3   55.4
Employment      45.9  46.1  46.2   43.0   41.4   42.1   42.8
Supplier Delvs  53.3  51.1  50.0   51.3   50.0   53.8   53.3
Inventories     42.5  45.9  41.3   46.1   42.7   42.3   43.8
Prices          53.0  53.0  56.5   51.5   63.5   70.0   65.5
Backlog Ords    51.5  51.0  50.0   51.0   47.5   41.5   49.0
Export Orders   55.3  53.8  54.4   50.8   51.1   52.0   55.5
Imports         55.1  56.0  56.4   52.2   54.5   52.5   55.4
 FORECAST:
 A Reuters survey of economists on average expect a median
reading of 53.8 in August versus 51.8 in July.
 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/

[Starwind]

The full ISM manufacturing report is at August Manufacturing ISM Report On Business

[Starwind]

Fyi...

[babble-on]

That's a shtonking good report. Improvement in the jobs outlook is still not good, but the rest of the data looks really good for the home team.