NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Manufacturing grew last month at the slowest clip since September 2003, the Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- There is growing concern that the U.S. economy may not be as strong as expected only a few months ago, based on several key indicators released earlier this wee

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The manufacturing sector is hotter than ever, and its latest surge could indicate a robust recovery for the U.S. economy in 2004, according to the Institute for

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- There are more signs that the worst is over for the U.S. economy, with the latest improvement seen in factories nationwide. Manufacturing in the United States e

TEMPE, Ariz., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Manufacturing in the United States marked a 20-year high in November, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.

QUERETARO, Mexico, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- You can't fool people: that might be a definition of the rational expectations school of economic thought that first emerged in the 1960s. To this observer, the idea has always looked wrong.

TEQUISQUIAPAN, Mexico, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Economists are there to make the weather forecasters look good, Global View said a month ago. And just when the optimists' forecasts of a sunny 2004 were reaching a crescendo, clouds have gathered in the U.S. economic sky.

QUERETARO, Mexico, July 1 (UPI) -- Economic reports Tuesday from the U.S. Commerce Department on construction and from the Institute of Supply Management on manufacturing disappointed U.S investors and the stock market initially fell, but as usual the data left room for debate.

The Institute for Supply Management released its much-watched monthly indices Thursday. What they show is that U.S. industry contracted in April for the second successive month. In the longer run the ISM data shows, notwithstanding the Iraq war or the mar