US ISM Manufacturing Posts Another Decent Increase in July
US manufacturing seems to be back to normal after jumping in July
Skerdian Meta•Monday, August 3, 2020•1 min read
Yesterday was a manufacturing day. The figures from Europe increased again, showing that this sector definitely left behind the contraction from the coronavirus lock-downs. In the afternoon, the US ISM manufacturing report was released too and that showed an even stronger jump in July. So it seems like manufacturing is back to normal, which improved the sentiment somewhat in financial markets. Below is the US ISM manufacturing report:
ISM manufacturing PMI for July 2020.
- ISM manufacturing PMI 54.2 vs. 53.6 estimate
- New orders 61.5 vs. 55.1 estimate. Last month 56.4
- Prices paid 53.2 vs. 52.0 estimate. Last month 51.3
- Employment 44.3 vs. 42.1 last month
- Inventory fell to 47.0 from 50.5 last month
- Production 62.1 vs. 57.3 last month
- Backlog of orders 51.8 vs. 45.3 last month
- Supplier deliveries 55.8 vs. 56.9 last month
- Customer inventories 41.6 vs. 44.6 last month
- New export orders 50.4 vs. 47.6 last month
- Imports 53.1 vs. 48.8 last month
A surprise to the upside, although employment remains an issue, since it is still in contraction. But, I assume the employment bill is helping keep the numbers low. The USD didn’t benefit from the positive figures, instead it turned bearish after this report.
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Skerdian is a professional Forex trader and a market analyst. He has been actively engaged in market analysis for the past 11 years. Before becoming our head analyst, Skerdian served as a trader and market analyst in Saxo Bank's local branch, Aksioner. Skerdian specialized in experimenting with developing models and hands-on trading. Skerdian has a masters degree in finance and investment.
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