US ISM manufacturing
- Employment 58.4 vs 56.8
- New orders 62.1 vs 57.4 last
- Prices paid 60.7 vs 71.6. Fell the most in 6 years
- Production 60.6 vs 59.9
- Imports 53.6 vs 54.3
- New export orders 52.2 vs 52.2
- Inventories 41.5 vs 43.3
- Supplier deliveries 62.5 vs 63.8
- Backlog of orders 56.4 vs 55.8
The high watermark for 2018 came in at 61.3 in August. The low reached 57.3. The level is in the middle of that range.
