October Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®; PMI at 50.8%; New Orders, Production and Employment Growing; Supplier Deliveries Slowing; Inventories Contracting

Employment

ISM’s Employment Index registered 53.5 percent in October, which is 0.3 percentage point lower than the 53.8 percent reported in September. This is the 25th consecutive month the Employment Index has been above 50 percent. An Employment Index above 50.1 percent, over time, is generally consistent with an increase in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data on manufacturing employment.

Of the 18 manufacturing industries, eight reported growth in employment in October in the following order: Textile Mills; Primary Metals; Fabricated Metal Products; Petroleum & Coal Products; Transportation Equipment; Paper Products; Machinery; and Computer & Electronic Products. The six industries reporting a decrease in employment in October — listed in order — are: Plastics & Rubber Products; Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Chemical Products; Apparel, Leather & Allied Products; and Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products.

Employment           %Higher         %Same         %Lower         Net         Index
 
Oct 2011 22 63 15 +7 53.5
Sep 2011 22 62 16 +6 53.8
Aug 2011 22 63 15 +7 51.8
Jul 2011 24 63 13 +11 53.5

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