The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is an indicator of economic health for manufacturing and service sectors.

The ISM manufacturing index, also known as the purchasing managers' index (PMI), is a monthly indicator of economic activity based on a survey.

The home price. The larger the mortgage, the more risk the lender is taking on. Therefore, it’s likely that someone borrowing $450,000 would have a higher PMI cost than a $300,000 borrower.

Based on this new definition, PMI research reveals that 48% of projects are considered successful, while 40% fall into a gray area—neither failures nor successes—and 12% are outright failures.

The report was issued today by Susan Spence, MBA, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management ® (ISM ®) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee: "The Manufacturing PMI ® registered 48.5 ...