September 19, 2024 at 01:30PM
Prior was -7.0
New orders: -1.5 vs 14.6 prior
Shipments: -14.3 vs 8.5 prior
Unfilled orders: -6.7 vs 3.2 prior
Delivery times: -0.7 vs 14.1 prior
Inventories: 5.0 vs -4.8 prior
Prices paid: 34.0 vs 24.0 prior
Prices received: 24.6 vs 13.7 prior
Employment: 10.7 vs -5.7 prior
Average workweek: -13.6 vs -2.3 prior
The employment metric and most future indicators improved. The manufacturing sector of the US economy has been struggling but there are green shoots in this report and some others.
This is an interesting view in a special question in the survey:
This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.
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