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Manufacturing improves in December (access required)

Operating conditions in the manufacturing sector improved significantly in December, a monthly report from IHS Markit shows. The IHS Markit U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index recorded the sharpest upturn since September 2014. The seasonally adjusted PMI was 57.1 in December, ...

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Manufacturing sector on the rise (access required)

The manufacturing sector in November recorded its steepest improvement since September 2014, a new report from IHS Markit shows. November Purchasing Managers’ Index data signaled a notable improvement in the health of the U.S. manufacturing sector. The seasonally adjusted IHS ...

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Report: Manufacturing output bottoms out (access required)

Manufacturing data from April shows the sharpest nationwide contraction in output in the history of IHS Markit collecting the information. Driving the headline figure down was the steepest decline in output in the series’ history, widely attributed to factory closures ...

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Reports: Manufacturing already in recession (access required)

Amid speculation of an impending economic recession comes conjecture that the manufacturing sector already is in recession, based on certain metrics. Factory activity in August reached its lowest Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) in nearly a decade, according to a monthly ...

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Manufacturing PMI dips in February (access required)

The U.S. manufacturing sector continued to expand in February, but at a slower pace than in several previous months. The monthly IHS Markit U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) shows a softer, but still solid, improvement in operating conditions across ...

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Small business employment, wage growth improve in January (access required)

The Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch index of small-business job growth and wages rebounded slightly in January, following seven months of declines. The Small Business Jobs Index increased 0.04 percent from December to January to 98.92, although ...

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Manufacturers report continued growth amid tariff woes (access required)

Manufacturing conditions nationwide showed strong improvement in September as the industry experienced sharp rises in output and new orders, the latest IHS Markit U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index shows. The seasonally adjusted PMI registered 55.6 in September, up from 54.7 ...

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