PMI for USA – læs hele meddelelsen her
August data highlighted a slight loss of momentum across the manufacturing sector. Output, new business and employment all expanded again, but at slower rates than one month previously.
The latest survey also pointed to tighter inventory policies, with finished goods stocks falling for the first time in 2015 so far. Backlogs of work rose at a marginal pace that was the slowest for three months, suggesting a continued lack of pressure on operating capacity.
The final seasonally adjusted Markit U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI™) posted 53.0 in August (earlier ‘flash’ reading was 52.9), which was above the 50.0 no-change mark and indicative of a solid overall expansion of the U.S. manufacturing sector. However, the index was down from 53.8 in July and pointed to the slowest rate of improvement since October 2013.
Reports from survey respondents suggested that heightened global economic uncertainty and weaker export sales had weighed on manufacturing growth in August. A number of firms also commented on headwinds from reduced energy sector capex. Softer output growth was a key factor contributing to the decline in the headline PMI in August. The latest rise in production volumes was the weakest since the adverse weather-related slowdown recorded in January 2014.
Manufacturers noted that softer new business growth and, in some cases, efforts to reduce finished goods inventories had weighed on their product requirements in August. Overall new order volumes increased at a solid pace in August, but the rate of expansion eased since the previous month and remained weaker than March’s recent peak
. A number of firms suggested that cautious spending patterns among clients had resulted in strong competition for new work. Meanwhile, export sales decreased slightly in August and the rate of decline was the most marked since April. Lower levels of new work from abroad were partly attributed to the strong dollar
