Manufacturing in U.S. Shrinks at Fastest Pace in Four Years
What a nice whipsaw they caused with this. Now all they have to do is to admit real unemployment figures and then it will be fun
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-- Manufacturing in the U.S. unexpectedly contracted in May at the fastest pace in four years, indicating the industry will provide scant support for the world’s largest economy.
The Institute for Supply Management’s factory index fell to 49 from the prior month’s 50.7, the Tempe, Arizona-based group’s report showed today. Fifty is the dividing line between growth and contraction, and last month’s reading was the lowest since June 2009. The median forecast of 81 economists surveyed by Bloomberg was 51.
Factory activity has waned since reaching an almost two-year high in February as across-the-board federal budget cuts took hold and overseas markets struggled to improve. At the same time, demand for automobiles, the rebound in residential construction and lean inventories may spark a pickup in orders and production in the second half of the year.
“Manufacturing is bearing the brunt of the slowdown,” Russell Price, a senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Inc. in Detroit, said before the report. “Businesses are managing inventory levels very well. Once demand picks up, we’ll see manufacturers respond quickly.”
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