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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

ISM: New Orders Are "Strong" and "Resilient"

Posted by Unknown on 8:46 AM with No comments
The following chart shows the average of the ISM manufacturing new orders index and the ISM non-manufacturing new orders index.


Click to enlarge.

How long do you suppose businesses will continue to hire if that recent trend continues?

Source Data:
St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart

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