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Economic Data Brief |
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Manufacturing
ISM Manufacturing PMI — August 2026
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| Manufacturing PMI fell by 1.0 pts in August 2026 to 54.6. Prior month: 55.6. | |
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New orders
53.7
▼ −3.0 pts m/m
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Production
58.3
▼ −0.2 pts m/m
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Employment
51.2
▼ −1.6 pts m/m
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Revision check| Revision check clear. Prior periods were checked against the values in the last report — no revisions found. All changes below are computed on current-vintage data. |
Key figures| Headline → | August 2026 | July 2026 | M/M chg | M/M % | Y/Y chg | Y/Y % | 12-period trend |
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| Manufacturing PMI consensus 55.2 | 54.6 | 55.6 | ▼ −1.0 pts | ▼ −1.8% | ▪ — | — | | | New orders | 53.7 | 56.7 | ▼ −3.0 pts | ▼ −5.3% | ▪ — | — | | | Production | 58.3 | 58.5 | ▼ −0.2 pts | ▼ −0.3% | ▪ — | — | | | Employment | 51.2 | 52.8 | ▼ −1.6 pts | ▼ −3.0% | ▪ — | — | | | Prices paid | 71.1 | 71.1 | ▪ 0.0 pts | ▪ 0.0% | ▪ — | — | | | Trend bars show the level over the last 13 periods; the latest period is highlighted. |
Full detailShow every category and subcategory| Full detail — remaining subindexes → | August 2026 | July 2026 | M/M chg | M/M % | Y/Y chg | Y/Y % |
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| Supplier deliveries | 59.3 | 58.9 | ▲ +0.4 pts | ▲ +0.7% | ▪ — | — | | Inventories | 50.6 | 51.2 | ▼ −0.6 pts | ▼ −1.2% | ▪ — | — | | Backlog of orders | 51.8 | 55.0 | ▼ −3.2 pts | ▼ −5.8% | ▪ — | — | | New export orders | 53.2 | 53.0 | ▲ +0.2 pts | ▲ +0.4% | ▪ — | — | | Imports | 52.5 | 55.7 | ▼ −3.2 pts | ▼ −5.7% | ▪ — | — |
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Economic Impact Group, LLC
Economic research for developing communities
Prepared 2026-09-01 15:09 UTC. Green marks an
increase, red a decrease — direction only, not good or bad.
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