Manufacturing ISM Report On Business® PMI at 49.6%

Link: http://www.ism.ws/ismreport/mfgrob.cfm


Summary:

• WHAT RESPONDENTS ARE SAYING ...
  • slow 說了五次
  • holding onto their money 現金為王
• OVERALL ECONOMY 
• Direction: growing (49.6 > 42.6)(O)
• Rate of change: slower
• Trend: 39 months
• But manufacturing sector
• Direction: contracting (49.6 < 50)(X)
• Rate of change: faster
• Trend: 3 months
• PMI 
• A reading above 50 percent indicates that the manufacturing economy is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates that it is generally contracting.
• A PMI™ in excess of 42.6 percent, over a period of time, generally indicates an expansion of the overall economy.
• New orders
• A New Orders Index above 52.3 percent, over time, is generally consistent with an increase in the Census Bureau's series on manufacturing orders. 
• Production
• An index above 51.2 percent, over time, is generally consistent with an increase in the Federal Reserve Board's Industrial Production figures.
• Employment
• An Employment Index above 50.5 percent, over time, is generally consistent with an increase in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data on manufacturing employment.
• Supplier Deliveries
• A reading above 50 percent indicates slower deliveries.
• Inventories
• An Inventories Index greater than 42.8 percent, over time, is generally consistent with expansion in the Bureau of Economic Analysis' (BEA) figures on overall manufacturing inventories.
• Customers' Inventories
• A reading below 50 percent indicates customers' inventories are considered too low.
• Price
• A Prices Index above 49.4 percent, over time, is generally consistent with an increase in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Index of Manufacturers Prices.
• 變化頗快
• The next Manufacturing ISM Report On Business® featuring the September 2012 data will be released at 10:00 a.m. (ET) on Monday, October 1, 2012.
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