ISM Manufacturing Index (Oct.)

The further fall in the ISM manufacturing index to 50.2 in October, from 50.9, illustrates that global economic weakness and the earlier surge in the dollar are catching up with the factory sector. But the bigger news is that, partly due to that slowdown in demand, price pressures in the goods sector have evaporated.

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