U.S. Manufacturing Reaches Best Year Since 2004
The pace of U.S. factory activity surged in December, propelling the manufacturing industry to its best year since 2004. The Institute for Supply Management’s leading index, the PMI, grew by 1.5 percent to reach 59.7 percent in December. That brought 2017 to an average PMI of 57.6 percent. “This is the second highest number in…
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