while new orders strengthened to 54.2 from 53.7. The chart below showing the relationship between the ISM business activity series and GDP growth suggests the economy continues to maintain its ...

Today's ISM Manufacturing index result blew away expectations, hitting 59.6 vs. an expected 57. March ISM data shows the fastest U.S. manufacturing expansion since July 2004. Yet hidden underneath ...

(Supplier Deliveries is the only ISM® Report On Business® index that ... Forty-three percent of manufacturing gross domestic product (GDP) contracted in January, down from 52 percent in December.

The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) released its Non-Manufacturing ... each industry's contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In light of the lower than expected reading, investors ...