August 2011 Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®

 
ISM NON-MANUFACTURING SURVEY RESULTS AT A GLANCE
COMPARISON OF ISM NON-MANUFACTURING AND ISM MANUFACTURING SURVEYS*
AUGUST 2011
Non-Manufacturing Manufacturing
Index Series
Index
Aug		 Series
Index
Jul		 Percent
Point
Change		 Direction Rate
of
Change		 Trend**
(Months)		 Series
Index
Aug		 Series
Index
Jul		 Percent
Point
Change
NMI/PMI 53.3 52.7 +0.6 Growing Faster 21 50.6 50.9 -0.3
Business Activity/Production 55.6 56.1 -0.5 Growing Slower 25 48.6 52.3 -3.7
New Orders 52.8 51.7 +1.1 Growing Faster 25 49.6 49.2 +0.4
Employment 51.6 52.5 -0.9 Growing Slower 12 51.8 53.5 -1.7
Supplier Deliveries 53.0 50.5 +2.5 Slowing Faster 17 50.6 50.4 +0.2
Inventories 53.5 56.5 -3.0 Growing Slower 7 52.3 49.3 +3.0
Prices 64.2 56.6 +7.6 Increasing Faster 25 55.5 59.0 -3.5
Backlog of Orders 47.5 44.0 +3.5 Contracting Slower 3 46.0 45.0 +1.0
New Export Orders 56.5 49.0 +7.5 Growing From Contracting 1 50.5 54.0 -3.5
Imports 53.5 47.5 +6.0 Growing From Contracting 1 55.5 53.5 +2.0
Inventory Sentiment 56.0 59.5 -3.5 Too High Slower 171 N/A N/A N/A
Customers' Inventories N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 46.5 44.0 +2.5

* Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business® data is seasonally adjusted for Business Activity, New Orders, Prices and Employment. Manufacturing ISM Report On Business® data is seasonally adjusted for New Orders, Production, Employment, Supplier Deliveries and Inventories.

** Number of months moving in current direction.

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Posted by RightOn Inventory at 9/18/2011 6:00 AM
Categories: Retailers, Small Business Survival, Inventory Management
Tags: business production new orders supplies inventory imports exports
 

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