The Inst. For Supply Mgmt. report on manufacturing turned
up sharply in April, signaling faster growth in this sector.
Most interesting was the very large increase in the breadth
of companies experiencing higher new order flow. This ISM
report can be volatile, so the very positive turn in the data
could be a fluke. However, since I use the ISM new orders indices
as leading indicators, I'll take it as a heads up on a possible
turn in manufacturing. The jump in new order breadth for April
breaks a downtrend underway for some time.
The ISM site is worth a tour. www.ism.ws
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