ISM Services - January 2016


ECONODAY: Monthly growth is slowing noticeably in ISM's non-manufacturing sample. The composite index for January fell a sharp 2.3 points to 53.5 from December's revised 55.8 which is 2 points below the Econoday consensus. Slowing is most apparent in output (as measured by the business activity component) with employment growth also slowing sharply, to 52.1 for a 4.2 point dip. However new orders, at 56.5, remain solidly above breakeven 50 though here to there is slowing, from December's 58.9. Supplier deliveries, the fourth component of the composite, slowed in the month in a sign of congestion in the supply chain in what is an offsetting positive for the month...