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Chicago Purchasing Managers Barometer Improves Slightly in December 2012

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December 28, 2012 - 9:59am
The market was expecting a value of 51.0 versus the reported value of 51.6. A number below 50 indicates contraction. This value is slightly better than November's 50.4 and October's 49.9. The Chicago Purchasing Managers reported the Chicago Business Barometer was up for a third month, lumbering along since September's 3 year low.  The Business Barometer was guided higher almost exclusively by a sizable advance in New Orders.  In spite of the rise in the Chicago Business Barometer, five of the seven business activity indexes declined in December, most significantly the Employment Index. Read more »

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