The Institute for Supply Management's Purchasing Managers' Index for manufacturing fell to 50.1 in February, down from 50.9 in January. In this survey anything above 50 signals an expansion. The report was good news of a sort since U.S. manufacturing in February didn't show anything like the huge drop in China's manufacturing PMI to 35.7 […]


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