The market is expecting a drop to 57.0 from 62.3 in July. Chicago is a bit funky in that the auto industry has an out-sized influence on the index and the auto makers did not shut down for retooling this summer as they normally do. That could keep the index higher than many expect, in my view. It will also make the index less of a predictor of the national ISM figures than usual…Just my 2 cents…