Manufacturing growth in August remained as it had been in the previous two months—sluggish. The PMI,the index used by the Institute for Supply Management(ISM)to measure manufacturing activity,was 49.6 in August,which is 0.2 ...
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Industrial production accelerated in January, indicating manufacturing will remain at the forefront of the U. S. Economic expansion. Output (IPMGCHNG) at factories, mines and utilities rose 0.7 percent, the biggest gain in six months, ...
Tags: market view, heavy equipment
German business confidence jumped more than economists forecast in January to a five-month high, signaling Europe’s largest economy may avoid a recession. The Ifo institute’s business climate index, based on a survey of 7, 000 ...
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