The future new orders index decreased 3 points, while the future shipments index decreased 8 points. (businessinsider.com)
ISM's New Orders Index also increased by 6.4 percentage points to 58.3 %, while the Production Index increased to 65 %, up 11.6 percentage points from its previous reading. (canadianbusiness.com)
The prices paid index was 56.4, up from 42.6 last month, new orders index slumped to 18.4 from 35.7, shipments declined to 23.9 from 32.4, the unfilled orders index fell to 7.8 from 20.1, the delivery times index gained to 20.7 from 14.0, inventories dropped to 9.5 from 16.5, prices received jumped to 29.8 from 20.7, the number of employees index grew to 27.1 from 25.6, and the average employee workweek gained to 21.6 from 12.8. (bondbuyer.com)