Although retail gained, economic activity in the services sector contracted in December after 30 consecutive months of growth as the Institute for Supply Management Services Purchasing Managers Index registered 49.6%. In the index, based on a poll of purchasing and...
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector of the United States economy contracted in December for the second consecutive month following a 29-month period of growth, according to supply executives polled for the latest Institute for Supply Management Report On...
The services sector, including retail, grew in October for the 29th straight month, but that growth came at slower rate than September activity, as recorded in the Institute for Supply Management Services Purchasing Managers Index. In the Services ISM Report on...
According to the Institute for Supply Management, economic activity in the services sector grew in May for the 24th month in a row with the Services Purchasing Managers’ Index registered 55.9%, above the 50% gain/decline line. Retail, however, didn’t fare...