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View All NewsManufacturing growth rate slips
October 01, 2007
Growth in the
The ISM's manufacturing employment index rose to 51.7 in September from 51.3 in August.
"Manufacturing growth continued in September while some sectors of the economy are apparently struggling," said Norbert Ore, chairman of the institute's manufacturing business survey committee. "The trend is toward slower growth in manufacturing as the rate of growth in both the new orders index and production index slowed."