ISM Manufacturing Tumbles To 13-Month Lows, Employment Slumps, Construction Spending Plunges
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
03/02/2015
Despite a collapse in US macro data in February, Markit somehow managed to conjure a better than expected 55.1 print for US Manufacturing PMI. Under the covers employment creation was the slowest since July and inflationary pressures loom as selling prices rose notably. ISM Manufacturing printed 52.9 – a small miss vs 53.0 expectations – down for the 4th month in a row to 13-month lows, with employment at its weakest since June 2013. Construction spending’s modest rebound in (seemingly un-weather-affected) December (after dropping in November) has been destroyed with a 1.1% drop in January (against expectations of 0.3% rise) for the biggest drop in 8 months.
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