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Chicago Manufacturing Index Improves
Manufacturing activity in the Chicago region improved this month, showing continued expansion, the Institute for Supply Chain Management-Chicago said Tuesday.
ISM-Chicago’s monthly index rose to a reading of 62.5, from 60.6 in October. Figures greater than 50 signal expansion.
The uptick was better than economists’ median estimate of a decline to 59.9, Bloomberg reported.
Chicago is a major center of U.S. manufacturing, which is one of trucking’s largest and most important customers.
