- Prior 58.6
- Business index 55.1 vs 60.0 exp. Prior 62.2
- Employment index 52.7 vs 57.0 prior
- New orders 59.6 vs 60.5 prior
- Prices paid 57.2 vs 53.4 prior
The main index drops to the lowest since March and the components aren’t looking healthy either. The only shining lights were imports falling to 51.5 from 55.0 while new export orders rose to 57.5 from 50.5.
Dollar taking a hit and the euro is taking advantage rising to 1.3627. USD/JPY falls through 97.50 to 97.36. Cable stands still as the EUR/GBP is dragged up through 0.8420.
US ISM non mfg PMI 03 10 2013