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April data indicated slower growth momentum for the U.S. manufacturing sector, with production volumes and incoming new work both expanding at weaker rates than in the previous month. This contributed to a fall in the headline seasonally adjusted Markit Flash U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI™ ) 1 to 54.2 in April, from 55.7 in March. Although still comfortably above the 50.0 no-change value, the latest index reading signalled the least marked improvement in overall business conditions since January.
Production volumes picked up at a solid pace in April, but the rate of expansion was the slowest so far in 2015. Survey respondents generally cited 1 Please note that Markit’s PMI data, flash and final, are derived from information collected by Markit from a different panel of companies to those that participate in the ISM Report on Business. No information from the ISM survey is used in the production of Markit’s PMI. softer new business gains, especially from international markets. Measured overall, new work increased at the weakest pace for three months, while export sales dropped for the first time since November 2014. A number of manufacturers noted subdued demand from clients across Europe, in part reflecting the stronger US dollar exchange rate. Despite a slowdown in output and new business growth, the latest survey indicated that job creation remained solid and was little-changed since March.
Anecdotal evidence attributed sustained rises in payroll numbers to strong pipelines of outstanding work, positive sentiment towards the business outlook and the launch of new products. Manufacturers indicated a slower expansion of input buying during the latest survey period, which in turn contributed to a softer increase in pre-production inventories. Meanwhile, supplier lead times lengthened for the twenty-second month running, with a number of firms noting ongoing transportation delays in the wake of the west coast port strikes earlier in the year.
April data indicated that manufacturing companies experienced another decline in overall input prices, which extended the current run of falling costs to four months (the longest sustained period since 2008/09). As a result, factory gate price inflation across the manufacturing sector eased to its lowest for 11 months. Comment: Commenting on the flash PMI data, Chris Williamson, Chief Economist at Markit said: “Manufacturers saw a disappointing start to the second quarter, reporting the weakest growth since January. Key to the slowdown was a weakening of export orders, in turn a symptom of the loss of competitiveness arising from the dollar’s strength.
