Article: San Bernardino County Sun, Calif., business briefs column.

Feb. 2--SAN BERNARDINO -- REPORT SHOWS AREA MANUFACTURING ROBUST: The San Bernardino and Riverside county manufacturing sector strengthened dramatically in January, a Cal State San Bernardino report showed Wednesday.

The purchasing manager's index for the two-county region registered 61.5, up from 54.1 in December, according to the university's Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis.

A reading above 50 suggests growth.

On a negative note, the commodity price index hit 70.7, suggesting inflationary pressures are strong.

The December figure was 59.1.

Seventeen percent of purchasing managers predicted the economy ...

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