The Institute for Supply Management, or the ISM, managed to show that the nonmanufacturing sector posted its 33rd consecutive month of growth. The ISM’s Report on Business showed a reading of 55.1% for the month of September. This is above the 53.7% recorded in August and above expectations. Dow Jones was calling for only 53.1% and Bloomberg was calling for 53.1%.
The Business Activity Index came in at 59.9%, 4.3 percentage points higher than the 55.6% reported in August. The New Orders Index came in at 57.7%, an increase of 4 percentage points from August.
The Prices Index rose by 3.8 percentage points to 68.1%, indicating higher month-over-month prices when compared to August. Employment Index came in at 51.1%, a decrease of 2.7 percentage points since August, an indicator that growth in employment came at a slower rate.
Higher prices and slower growth in employment for the nonmanufacturing sectors. This is not a major indication that we are going to see any great jobs data on Friday’s unemployment report, even if the ADP employment outlook this morning was slightly higher than expected.
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