Expansion across most sub-indices meant overall manufacturing expanded for the first time since April 2008, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for September at 51.7....
The service sector continued on its road to recovery as the August result provided the first consecutive monthly expansion since early 2008, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for August at 51.3....
The service sector showed its first sign of expansion (albeit at a very modest level) for the first time since March 2008, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for July at 50.1....
A positive result for both production and new orders helped push manufacturing activity further out of the doldrums in July, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for July at 49.7....
The service sector continues to show contraction, but new business levels may provide better results in the months ahead, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for June at 45.0...
Manufacturing activity continued to climb out of the depths of contraction with the highest overall activity level in nine months, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for June at 46.2....
Although manufacturing activity experienced a slightly larger decrease in activity in May, the sector generally remains in a tight band of performance since the start of the year, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for May at 42.7....
