Article: The Purchasing Managers Index dropped 4 points to 542 percent in December, a level that still signifies growth, ISM reported.(Purchasing Managers Index )(Brief Article)

Article: NAPM hits lowest point since March of 1991.(National Association ...
Home Textiles Today;  February 19, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... 2001 -- and so did business confidence. The purchasing managers' index, the monthly indicator of manufacturing activity compiled by the National Association of Purchasing Managers (NAPM), slipped to 41.2 percent, down ...

Article: Purchasing Managers Index Signals Expansion
The Washington Post;  November 7, 1988 ;     363 words ... ... according to a report by the nation's purchasing managers. The Purchasing Managers Index rose to 56.8 in October from 54.8 in ... number of economists closely watch the purchasing managers' report because it gives solid clues to ...

Article: PURCHASING MANAGERS INDEX JUMPS TO 56.5
The Journal Record;  November 8, 1988 ;     409 words ... ... previous month, according to the nation's purchasing managers. The Purchasing Managers Index rose to 56.8 in October from 54.8 in ... number of economists closely watch the purchasing managers' report because it gives solid clues to ...

Article: 14 months and counting.(Business Today)(Purchasing ...
Home Textiles Today;  August 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... July, according to the nation's purchasing managers. The widely watched Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), a key barometer of U ... month percentage-point change Purchasing Managers' Index +0.9% New +4.7 Production ...

Article: A new index outperforms the Purchasing Managers' ...
Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Zukowski, 1998). The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is the centerpiece ... industrial production. The Purchasing Managers' Index Since 1931 the National Association of Purchasing Managers (NAPM) has surveyed a ...

Article: Purchase managers' index continues slide.(survey by ...
Home Textiles Today;  January 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... December, for the fifth month in a row, the key purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell -- and fell harder than it did ... As compiled by the National Association of Purchasing Managers, the PMI was 43.7 percent last month, exactly ...

Article: Sweden's purchasing managers' index ...
Nordic Business Report;  March 1, 2002 ;     538 words ... ... March 2002-Sweden's purchasing managers' index strengthens (C)1994 ... www.m2.com Swedish purchasing managers are becoming more optimistic ... since May 2001 that the purchasing managers' index (ICI) climbed above the ...