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Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Institute for Supply Management on
Tuesday reported its monthly non-manufacturing index for
December.
A listing of the main ISM non-manufacturing index components
follows:

Dec Nov Oct Sept Aug July June
NMI/PMI 40.6 37.3 44.4 50.2 50.6 49.5 48.2
Bus Activity 39.6 33.0 44.2 52.1 51.6 49.6 49.9
New Orders 39.9 35.4 44.0 50.8 49.7 47.9 48.6
Backlog Orders 42.5 39.5 44.0 46.5 49.0 52.0 49.0
New Export Ords 39.5 34.5 50.0 50.5 44.5 47.5 52.0
Inventory Sent 65.5 65.0 67.5 62.5 66.0 62.5 60.0
Imports 32.5 40.0 52.0 47.5 46.0 49.0 50.5
Prices Index 36.0 36.6 53.4 70.0 72.9 80.8 84.5
Employment 34.7 31.3 41.5 44.2 45.4 47.1 43.8
Supplier Delivs 48.0 49.5 48.0 53.5 55.5 53.5 50.5
FORECAST:
Reuters' survey of economists expected a median reading of
37.0 in
December versus a November reading of 37.3.
THE SURVEY:
ISM compiles its diffusion index by surveying more than 370
purchasing executives in more than 62 different service
industries
once a month.
The responses reflect the change in the current month
compared to the previous month. The non-manufacturing ISM
report is seasonally adjusted except for the business activity,
new orders, imports, and employment. The ISM
non-manufacturing survey was launched in July 1997.
FULL TEXT:
The text of the Institute for Supply Management's Purchasing
Survey
can be found on the Internet at the following address:
www.ism.ws