The further modest rise in the ISM manufacturing index to 53.5 in June, from 52.8 in May, was exactly in line with our above consensus forecast and confirms that the outlook for industry is improving. At this level the index is consistent with annualised GDP growth in the second quarter of around 2.5%, compared with the contraction inthe first.
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