August 2020 ISM manufacturing index highlights
- Highest since Nov 2018
- Prior was 54.2
Details:
- New orders 67.6 vs 61.5 prior -- highest since 2004
- Prices paid 59.5 vs 53.2 prior
- Employment 46.4 vs 44.3 prior
- Inventory 44.4 vs 47.0 prior
- Production 63.3 vs 57.3 prior
- Backlog of orders 54.6 vs 45.3 prior
- Supplier deliveries 58.2 vs 56.9 prior
- Customer inventories 38.1 vs 44.6 prior
- New export orders 53.3 vs 47.6 prior
- Imports 55.6 vs 48.8 prior
