The rise in the ISM services index to 53.8 in May, from 49.4, meant that the weighted ISM index rebounded last month, despite a decline in the manufacturing index. That still leaves it consistent with GDP growth of just 1% annualised or so, although the ISM indices have been a poor guide to the activity data in recent years.
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