Chicago Purchasing Managers Index For December At 68.6
(For December 2010)
Chicago Purchasing Managers Index was reported at 68.6. The consensus was at 61.0, prior reading at 62.5.
Regional manufacturing surveys signal significant improvement in industrial production in December.
Chart 1. ISM vs. Chicago PMI and Regional Manufacturing Surveys
Chicago Purchasing Managers Index, Empire State Manufacturing Survey, ISM Manufacturing Index, Philadelphia Fed General Business Conditions Index, Richmond FED Manufacturing Survey