September 2021 ISM® Report On Business®: Manufacturing

Manufacturing grew in August, as the Manufacturing PMI® registered 59.9 percent, 0.4 percentage point higher than the July reading of 59.5 percent. The Manufacturing PMI® continued to indicate strong sector expansion and U.S. economic growth in August. Four out of five subindexes that directly factor into the Manufacturing PMI® were in growth territory. A reading above 50 percent indicates that the manufacturing economy is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates that it is generally contracting.