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Every month the Institute for Supply Management releases its survey of purchasing managers for roughly 300 manufacturing firms across the U.S. This purchasing managers' index is one of the key pieces of data investors see each month.

The market has spent the morning in drift mode, albeit in a lower direction. Investors may be sitting on the sidelines ahead of tomorrow's jobs report as there is concern the numbers have taken a downward turn... ECONOMIC EVENTS: In the U.S., initial jobless claims fell to 365,000, versus the expected 379,000. Non-farm productivity decreased 0.5% ... (more)

A new study by the Tempe-based Institute for Supply Management shows that economic growth is expected both the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors of the U.S. economy through 2012.

The market has spent the morning in drift mode, albeit in a lower direction. Investors may be sitting on the sidelines ahead of tomorrow's jobs report as there is concern the numbers have taken a downward turn... ECONOMIC EVENTS: In the U.S., initial jobless claims fell to 365,000, versus the expected 379,000. Non-farm productivity decreased 0.5% ... (more)

The US non-manufacturing or services companies, which employ roughly 90 per cent of the work force, grew more slowly in April compared to the previous month, according to data released Thursday by the Institute for Supply Management.

There are several different ways to look at The April ISM. We learn something from each way of looking at it.

Planning Commission has convened a meeting on May 7 to discuss the possibility of upgrading ISM and conferring on it the status of an IIT in what is the first concrete step taken by the Centre after the launch of a three-year-long campaign by students and alumni of the Dhanbad-based mining engineering cradle.

It isn't always easy to pinpoint what causes a turn in the market but there's no mystery behind the 10 a.m. market jolt on Tuesday morning: The ISM report on U.S. manufacturing beat expectations, giving investors a bullish rush.

The factory sector performance in China and the United States is in stark contrast to the eurozone that is experiencing a recession.

The dollar held gains on the yen Wednesday having bounced from 2-1/2-month lows after upbeat U.S. manufacturing data soothed fears the economy was slowing, while Asia waited for the latest update on Chinese industry.

Oil climbed to a one-month high after U.S. manufacturing increased at the fastest pace in 10 months, signaling that economic growth will accelerate in the world's biggest crude-consuming country.

A pickup in single-family home construction and commercial projects offset a steep drop in state and local government building.

Bucking expectations, the Institute for Supply Management reported nationwide factory activity accelerated in April.

The loonie rose 0.38 of a cent to 101.6 cents US after The Institute for Supply Management's index on manufacturing came in better than expected.