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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A key indicator of the nation’s manufacturing activity last month dipped to its lowest level since the Great Recession. The IHS Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 50.5 in May, down from 52.6 in April, indicating only marginal improvement. New ...

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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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Operating conditions across the manufacturing sector nationwide improved in January, a monthly report from IHS Markit shows. The January IHS Markit U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index reports that domestic demand drove new business growth, as new export orders rose only ...

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The U.S. manufacturing sector showed solid improvement in December, although growth slowed to a 15-month low, the latest IHS Markit U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index shows. The seasonally adjusted headline PMI dropped to 53.8 in December from 55.3 in November. ...

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