The IHS Markit US Manufacturing PMI was revised lower to 53.1 in August of 2020 from a preliminary of 53.6. Still, the reading pointed to the strongest expansion in factory activity since January of 2019, following the easing of coronavirus restrictions and the reopening of large sections of the manufacturing sector. New orders increased the most since the start of 2019, due to stronger client demand and increased marketing. New export orders grew the most in four years, as companies registered the first upturn in foreign client demand in 2020 so far and output growth was the quickest since November 2019. At the same time, employment increased the first time since February. Meanwhile, input price inflation accelerated, amid raw material shortages and supplier price hikes. Finally, business confidence was the strongest since April of 2019 amid hopes of a return to stronger demand conditions and an end to the pandemic.

Manufacturing PMI in the United States averaged 53.14 points from 2012 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 57.90 points in August of 2014 and a record low of 36.10 points in April of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Manufacturing PMI - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Manufacturing PMI - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2020. source: Markit Economics