ISM August PMI rises; below 50 for 21 of past 22 months

03 September 2024

 

Summary: ISM manufacturing PMI up in August, below expectations; Westpac: below 50 for all but one of past 22 months; US Treasury yields fall; expectations of Fed rate cuts firm; ANZ: manufacturing a rate sensitive sector; ISM: reading corresponds to 1.3% US GDP growth annualised. The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) reached a cyclical peak in September 2017. It then started a downtrend which ended...

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