WASHINGTON, D.C.: US manufacturing activity expanded in February for the sixth consecutive month as businesses reported strong sales and demand, the Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday.
The ISM purchasing managers index rose 1.7 percentage points to 57.7 percent, the highest reading since August 2014 and well above the consensus estimate among economists, who expected a smaller increase to just 56.1 percent.
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