The improvement in the ISM manufacturing index to a two-year high of 54.7 in December, up from 53.2 the month before, is another indication that the negative impact stemming from the big surge in the dollar in 2014 and 2015 is now fading rapidly. The resurgence in global manufacturing, particularly China, in the second half of last year has also helped.
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