Manufacturing Reaches Best Level in 30 Months, ISM Says March 1, 2017 US manufacturing strengthened in February, attaining its best level in 30 months, the Institute for Supply Management said today.
Manufacturing’s Bumpy Ride December 6, 2016 The US manufacturing economy had its ups and downs in 2016. According to the Institute for Supply Management, it began the year by contracting, something that had begun in the fall of 2015. When spring arrived in March, a five-month streak of mostly modest expansion began. Then a month of contraction in August, followed by growth.