Manufacturing activity showed expansion for the third consecutive month, providing a solid if unspectacular end to 2009, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for November at 51.8....
Expansion dipped in October after gradual improvements in activity during the second half of 2009, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for October at 50.6....
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....
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....
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....
Manufacturing had its second consecutive improvement in April, although the sector continues to remain in contraction, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for April at 43.7....
