Chicago Purchasing Managers Index For January At 68.8
(For January 2010)
Chicago Purchasing Managers Index was reported at 68.8. Consensus was at 65.0, prior reading at 68.6.
To repeat: Industrial production will continue to slowly expand in January.
Chart 1. ISM vs. Chicago PMI and Regional Manufacturing Surveys
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