U.S. jobs data for December and ISM data on U.S. manufacturing and services-sector activity will be the key focus in the ...

To say the very least, there are more moving pieces to consider at the moment when it comes to the narrative guiding volatility and momentum in the bond market. Tariff and policy-related headlines ...

This morning’s Institute for Supply Management (ISM) data offered more evidence that the industrial portion of the U.S. economy has slowed materially in the past six months. I described this ...

Two different sets of surveys of US business conditions are provided by S&P Global (previously IHS Markit) and the ISM. Here we analyse the main differences in the methodologies, which can cause ...

The key ISM survey of activity in the U.S. services sector will be closely watched as investors continue to gauge the likelihood of U.S. interest-rate cuts in the coming weeks, particularly after U.S.

2 weeks ago, we got our first hint that the market was once again ready to respond to economic data after a few weeks of tariff headlines being the only game in town. The hint came from the price data ...

I often struggle to create pithy headlines for my Forbes articles, but the folks at the Institute for Supply Management apparently do not have such worries. They simply list every major data point ...

The ISM services index has bounced back nicely in January with the headline index at 53.4 versus 50.5 in December. The ISM employment index has now rebounded to 50.5, but this is only indicating very ...

On today's Catalysts, hosts Seana Smith and Madison Mills cover key market developments (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) in the first trading session of March. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Josh Schafer discusses ...

A look at why investors can expect a better second half for the U.S. economy, based on ISM data. The services industry got a boost recently with the news that a highly regarded barometer of its ...