(Finance) – Improves themanufacturing activity in the United States to December 2024, although remaining in a contraction phase. It is reported byISM – Institute for Supply Management based on the usual monthly survey.
The Purchasing Managers’ Index sector manufacturing he attested to 49.3 pointscompared to 48.4 points in the previous month, exceeding the expectations of analysts who estimated a drop of up to 48.2 points.
The indicator, which is used to assess the health of the US manufacturing sector, therefore remains below the key threshold of 50 points, which acts as a watershed between expansion And contraction of the activity.
Among the various components of the index, the sui new orders rises to 52.5 points from 50.4, while that onemployment drops to 45.3 from 48.1 and the component relating to prices improves to 52.5 from 50.3 points.
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