ISM manufacturing index hits 51.8 in Mar.; construction spending down 0.3% in Feb.
April 01, 2016 at 10:00 AM EDT
Please check back for updates.. Economists expected the ISM Manufacturing index to hit 50.7 in March, up from 49.5 the prior month. Construction spending was expected to rise 0.1 percent in February, after a 1.5 percent rise the prior month, according to Thomson Reuters consensus estimates.