(Houston, Texas) – According to Houston area supply chain executives, both goods and services producing activities in Houston contracted further during April. Overall economic activity is now contracting at its fastest rate since the ISM-Houston Business Survey began in 1995. The Houston Purchasing Managers Index fell almost 6 points to 34.6 during April. Two of […]
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ISM-Houston Business Report – March 2020 (Houston, Texas) – According to Houston area supply chain executives, both goods and services producing activities in Houston fell considerably this month. Overall economic activity is now contracting for the first time since the 2015-2016 Houston area downturn. Nearly all survey respondents indicate that the Covid-19 pandemic has had […]
Continue readingNMI® at 52.5% Business Activity Index at 48.0% New Orders Index at 52.9% Employment Index at 47.0% Supplier Deliveries Index at 62.1% (Tempe, Arizona) — Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector grew in March for the 122nd consecutive month, say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the latest Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business.® Click […]
Continue readingPMI® at 49.1% Production, New Orders, and Employment Contracting Supplier Deliveries Slowing at Faster Rate; Backlog Contracting Raw Materials Inventories Contracting; Customers’ Inventories Too Low Prices Decreasing; Exports and Imports Contracting (Tempe, Arizona) — Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in March, and the overall economy grew for the 131st consecutive month, say the […]
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ISM-Houston Business Report – February 2020 | (Houston, Texas) – According to Houston area supply chain executives, goods producing industry activity in Houston contracted this month after showing expansion for only one month. Services producing industry activity expanded for the second month. Overall economic activity continues to expand at a moderate pace. Many respondents indicated […]
Continue readingNMI® at 57.3% GDP Growing at 3% Business Activity Index at 57.8% New Orders Index at 63.1% Employment Index at 55.6% (Tempe, Arizona) – Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector grew in February for the 121st consecutive month, say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the latest Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®. Click here […]
Continue readingPMI® at 50.1% GDP Growing at 2.1% Production Growing; New Orders and Employment Contracting Supplier Deliveries Slowing at Faster Rate; Backlog Growing Raw Materials Inventories Contracting; Customers’ Inventories Too Low Prices Decreasing; Exports Growing; and Imports Contracting (Tempe, Arizona) — Economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in February, and the overall economy grew for […]
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ISM-Houston Business Report – January 2020| (Houston, Texas) – According to Houston area supply chain executives, goods producing industry activity in Houston expanded this month for the first time since September. Services producing industry activity also returned to expansion after two months reporting contraction. Overall economic activity is now expanding at a moderate pace. The […]
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ISM-Houston Business Report – December 2019 | (Houston, Texas) – According to Houston area supply chain executives, goods producing industry activity in Houston contracted modestly in December. While construction activity improved, it was offset by continued weakness in manufacturing and oil & gas. Services producing industry activity continued to run near neutral. Overall economic activity […]
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ISM-Houston Business Report – November 2019 | (Houston, Texas) – According to Houston supply chain executives, goods producing industry activity in Houston contracted in November for the first time since August of 2017 when Hurricane Harvey impacted local operations. Excluding the slowdown caused by this hurricane, goods producing activity had expanded for 36 months. Construction, […]
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