ISM Employment Highest Since 1973
March 01, 2011 at 12:33 PM EST
The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing index rose to 61.4 in February from 60.8 in January. This was also a positive surprise as the consensus had been looking for the index to dip slightly to 60.5. The overall index last matched this level in May of 2004, and the last time that it was [...]