ISM: November Numbers Recap

Brad Holcomb, chair of the ISM Business Survey Committee, talks to Jon Minnick, Associate Editor, Manufacturing Business Technology, and Joel Hans, Managing Editor, Manufacturing.Net, about November's PMI and explains what's behind the numbers.

Jan 13, 2014

Brad Holcomb, chair of the ISM Business Survey Committee, talks to Jon Minnick, Associate Editor, Manufacturing Business Technology, and Joel Hans, Managing Editor, Manufacturing.Net, about November's PMI and explains what's behind the numbers. 

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