New Orders and Backlogs Contracting; Production and Employment Contracting; Supplier Deliveries Slowing; Raw Materials Inventories Expanding; Customers’ Inventories Too Low; Prices Increasing; Exports and Imports Contracting TEMPE, Ariz., Sept. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in August for the fifth consecutive month and the 21st time in the last 22 months, say the nation’s … Continue reading Manufacturing PMI® at 47.2%; August 2024 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®