Manufacturing PMI® at 47.8%; February 2024 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®
TEMPE, Ariz., March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in February for the 16th consecutive month following one month of "unchanged" status (a PMI® reading of 50 percent) and 28 months of growth prior to that, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®.
- (A Manufacturing PMI® above 42.5 percent, over a period of time, generally indicates an expansion of the overall economy.)
- The Prices Index registered 52.5 percent, down 0.4 percentage point compared to the reading of 52.9 percent in January.
- The Backlog of Orders Index registered 46.3 percent, 1.6 percentage points higher than the 44.7 percent recorded in January.
- "The Supplier Deliveries Index figure of 50.1 percent is 1 percentage point higher than the 49.1 percent recorded in January.