Global| Aug 03 2018TT
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The Composite Index of Nonmanufacturing Sector Activity from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) rose to 59.1 during June from an unrevised 58.6 in May............. Haver Analytics constructs a Composite Index using the [...]
The Composite Index of Nonmanufacturing Sector Activity from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) rose to 59.1 during June from an unrevised 58.6 in May............. Haver Analytics constructs a Composite Index using the nonmanufacturing ISM index and the ISM factory sector measure released Monday. This composite increased to 59.2 from 58.6, up from 57.1 last June..........
The ISM figures are available in Haver's USECON database, with additional detail in the SURVEYS database. The expectations figure from Action Economics is in the AS1REPNA database.
| ISM Nonmanufacturing Survey (SA) | Jul | Jun | May | Jul'17 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composite Diffusion Index | 56.8 | 59.1 | 58.6 | 57.2 | 56.9 | 54.9 | 57.1 |
| Business Activity | 59.1 | 63.9 | 61.3 | 60.7 | 60.1 | 58.0 | 60.8 |
| New Orders | 60.0 | 63.2 | 60.5 | 60.2 | 59.3 | 57.5 | 59.2 |
| Employment | 53.6 | 53.6 | 54.1 | 55.5 | 55.2 | 52.6 | 56.0 |
| Supplier Deliveries (NSA) | 54.5 | 55.5 | 58.5 | 52.5 | 53.2 | 51.5 | 52.5 |
| Prices Index | 61.8 | 60.7 | 64.3 | 53.3 | 57.7 | 52.6 | 50.6 |
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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