Manufacturing Activity

Manufacturing activity in the United States, as measured by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), declined in November for the first time in two and a half years. ISM’s November ...

Retail sales unexpectedly rose by 0.3 percent in August, topping the market estimate of zero percent growth, according ...

New orders for U.S.-manufactured goods in November increased by about 1.6 percent to $532 billion, maintaining the streak ...