Purchasing Managers' Index

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(PMI).

1. Economic indicators - US.

The US Purchasing Managers' Index measures new orders, production, employment and supplier deliveries, based on a survey of North American manufacturing businesses.

It is an important measure of economic activity.


The US PMI is published monthly by the US Institute for Supply Management.


2. UK.

A similarly-structured index for UK manufacturing.

The UK PMI is published by IHS Markit and the Chartered Institute for Procurement and Supply (CIPS).


3.

Similar indices for other economies.


See also