Today’s leading manufacturing indicator – The Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers’ Index – was little changed from the previous month:
http://www.ism.ws/ISMReport/MfgROB.cfm
The chart shows the index hovering just above 50 lately, so March’s 53.4 revealed continued, steady improvement. (Any reading above 50 is expansionary.)
Purchasing Managers’ Index
(Click on chart to enlarge)
(Recessions shaded)
April has begun quietly but well. We’ll stay tuned.
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© 2012 Michael B. Lehmann
April has begun quietly but well. We’ll stay tuned.
(To be fully informed visit http://www.beyourowneconomist.com/)
© 2012 Michael B. Lehmann
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