Global| Jan 31 2019TT
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The Chicago Purchasing Managers Business Barometer remained at an elevated level of 65.4 in December...... The MNI Chicago Report is produced by MNI in partnership with ISM-Chicago. The survey covers a sample of over 200 purchasing [...]
The Chicago Purchasing Managers Business Barometer remained at an elevated level of 65.4 in December......
The MNI Chicago Report is produced by MNI in partnership with ISM-Chicago. The survey covers a sample of over 200 purchasing professionals in the Chicago area with a monthly response rate of about 50%. Summary data are contained in Haver's USECON database, with detail including the ISM-style index in the SURVEYS database. The Action Economics Forecast Survey is available in AS1REPNA.
| Chicago Purchasing Managers Index (%, SA) | Jan | Dec | Nov | Jan '18 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Business Barometer | ??? | 65.4 | 66.4 | 67.8 | 60.8 | 53.1 | 50.3 |
| ISM-Adjusted General Business Barometer | ??? | 61.3 | 63.1 | 65.6 | 59.0 | 52.0 | 51.6 |
| Production | ??? | 71.0 | 65.2 | 76.9 | 64.3 | 54.7 | 52.5 |
| New Orders | ??? | 67.9 | 72.5 | 72.2 | 63.5 | 55.7 | 50.4 |
| Order Backlogs | ??? | 64.6 | 62.9 | 59.6 | 55.2 | 47.2 | 44.4 |
| Inventories | ??? | 55.4 | 53.7 | 63.9 | 54.9 | 47.2 | 52.1 |
| Employment | ??? | 52.1 | 55.4 | 55.3 | 52.9 | 49.4 | 50.3 |
| Supplier Deliveries | ??? | 59.9 | 68.7 | 59.6 | 59.4 | 52.8 | 52.6 |
| Prices Paid | ??? | 65.6 | 73.2 | 67.2 | 64.0 | 53.2 | 46.8 |
Gerald D. Cohen
AuthorMore in Author Profile »Gerald Cohen provides strategic vision and leadership of the translational economic research and policy initiatives at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise.
He has worked in both the public and private sectors focusing on the intersection between financial markets and economic fundamentals. He was a Senior Economist at Haver Analytics from January 2019 to February 2021. During the Obama Administration Gerald was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Macroeconomic Analysis at the U.S. Department of Treasury where he helped formulate and evaluate the impact of policy proposals on the U.S. economy. Prior to Treasury, he co-managed a global macro fund at Ziff Brothers Investments.
Gerald holds a bachelor’s of science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and is a contributing author to 30-Second Money as well as a co-author of Political Cycles and the Macroeconomy.
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