ISM manufacturing misses expectations

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american manufacturing assembly plant

REUTERS/Chris Keane

The February report on business from the Institute for Supply Management came in worse than expected.

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ISM's index fell to 52.9 from 53.5 last month.

Expectations were for the reading to come in at 53.0, down slightly from last month's 53.5.

This report comes after the latest manufacturing PMI from Markit Economics beat expectations.

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