5 September 2001, 10:29 The headline NAPM August index rose to 47.9
vs July's reading of 43.6 and against expectations for a modest rise of about 44.0 in August. There was also a sharp rebound in the two leading sub-indexes, including
NAPM's new orders index, which jumped 6.8 percentage points on the
month, to 53.1 after 13 months of negative growth. The production index
rose 5.8 percentage points to 52.2 after eight months below 50.
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