manufacturing data

Both a) new orders and b) actual shipments of manufactured durable goods showed strong monthly increases in July, increasing by 4.0% and 2.5% respectively compared to June, according to today's Census Bureau report. New orders for durable goods in July, at $201.5 billion, were at the highest...

China's manufacturing sector continued its manufacturing expansion in January, with the purchasing managers’ index released by HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics rising to 10.7%, a record high since 2007. Meanwhile, India and Australia also reported manufacturing growth. The strong data drove...