Institute for Supply Management

• Stocks Are Held Hostage as S&P 500 CEOs Plan to Cut Spending

  By Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg  |  December 17, 2012

  Washington negotiations or lack thereof of primary cause.

• U.S. Manufacturing Shrank in November

  By Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg  |  December 3, 2012

  Purchasing managers’ index breaks below 50, hits lowest level since mid-2009.

• U.S. Manufacturing Expands at Faster Pace in October

  By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg  |  November 1, 2012

  ISM factory index climbs to 51.7, the highest reading since May.

• China Manufacturing Gains Signal Q4 Rebound

  By Bloomberg News  |  November 1, 2012

  Purchasing Managers’ Index rises to 50.2 in October, suggesting China is recovering from slowdown.

• October Jobless Rate Probably Rose

  By Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg  |  October 29, 2012

  Consensus forecast calls for 125,000 increase in October payrolls Friday.

• Fed Calls Growth ‘Moderate’

  By Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg  |  October 24, 2012

  Central bank says again that rates are likely to stay near zero through mid-2015.

• China's Slowdown Reverberates

  By Karl Lester M. Yap, Bloomberg  |  October 3, 2012

  Asian Development Bank lowers its forecasts for the region’s 2012 growth.

• Jobs Outlook Seen Weak

  By Shobhana Chandra and Steve Matthews, Bloomberg  |  October 2, 2012

  Companies' efforts to cut costs will dampen U.S. labor market.

• Bernanke Defends Fed Bond Buying

  By Jeff Kearns and Craig Torres, Bloomberg  |  October 2, 2012

  Program will spur growth and cut unemployment, Fed chairman says.

• Fed To Buy $40 Bln in Mortgage Debt a Month

  By Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg  |  September 13, 2012

  Purchases to continue until jobs outlook improves ‘substantially,’ Fed says.