MANUFACTURING AT A GLANCE
April 2017
Index
Series
Index
Apr
Series
Index
Mar
Percentage
Point
Change
Direction
Rate
of
Change
Trend*
(Months)
PMI ® 54.8 57.2 -2.4 Growing Slower 8
New Orders 57.5 64.5 -7.0 Growing Slower 8
Production 58.6 57.6 +1.0 Growing Faster 8
Employment 52.0 58.9 -6.9 Growing Slower 7
Supplier Deliveries 55.1 55.9 -0.8 Slowing Slower 12
Inventories 51.0 49.0 +2.0 Growing From
Contracting 1
Customers'
Inventories 45.5 47.0 -1.5 Too Low Faster 7
Prices 68.5 70.5 -2.0 Increasing Slower 14
Backlog of Orders 57.0 57.5 -0.5 Growing Slower 3
New Export Orders 59.5 59.0 +0.5 Growing Faster 14
Imports 55.5 53.5 +2.0 Growing Faster 3
OVERALL ECONOMY Growing Slower 95
Manufacturing Sector Growing Slower 8
Manufacturing ISM ® Report On Business ® data is seasonally adjusted for the New Orders, Production, Employment
and Supplier Deliveries Indexes.
*Number of months moving in current direction