Economists expect the headline index to fall to 57.0 from August's 58.6 reading, indicating a sligh…

Stocks turned lower as the ISM services activity index hit 56.9% in August, stronger than Econoday'…

Any reading above 50 on the index indicates expansion, so a confirmation of the consensus estimate …

The data comes after what has been a huge day already as the U.S. jobs report showing the economy a…

The Institute for Supply Management's own services gauge signaled weaker growth due to supplier con…

In contrast to the fairly large number of reports released in advance of the ISM factory survey, ec…

Some manufacturers reported a bounce in their clients' willingness to spend after the November elec…

Unlike decades ago, manufacturing makes a smaller contribution to the US economy compared to the se…

Any number above 50 indicates expansion, so this reading indicates that the pace of expansion in th…

The new export orders sub-index also posted strong gains, rising to 60.5 from 55.5, while the new o…

"With service sector employment accounting for the overwhelming majority of U.S. jobs, the recent u…

The report was issued today by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Ma…

"The federal government's spending is increasing greatly as agencies execute their final budgets an…

The survey tracks activity in America's services sector, and its headline index is expected to have…

The headline index fell to 54.4 in September from August's 58.6 reading, missing economists' estima…

Many were quick to note, however, that only about 12% of US economic output is related to manufactu…

Key component of the ISM data at 10am today was the "new Orders" index - Last month the “new Order…

Economists estimate that Markit's services purchasing manager's index (PMI), first up at 9:45 a.m. …

Services make up roughly 90% of the nation's economy, and their strength throughout recent months p…

Markit chief economist Chris Williamson said in the release: "With optimism about the business outl…