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   Chicago PMI (Purchasing Managers' Index) from NAPM-Chicago.

The Chicago PMI is produced by the The National Association of Purchasing Management - Chicago (NAPM) (www.napm-chicago.org) . The Chicago PMI gauges factory health in the upper Midwest. This data is sometimes confused with an index produced by NAPM's parent organization, The Institute of Supply Management ( ISM ), (www.ism.ws) , which produces the ISM PMI (via ES) for manufacturing and Business Activity Index (aka non-manufacturing PMI or services PMI).
The CHICAGO PMI is announced at the end of each month in The Chicago Report. The report appears on the last business day of the month Before January 2007 the release time was 10am U.S. Eastern time, 9am Chicago time. Starting January 2007 the release time was 9:45am U.S. Eastern time, 8:45am Chicago (Central) time. Chicago PMI is also referred to as The Business Barometertm. Recently the data has been calculated and presented by Kingsbury International Ltd. www.kingbiz.com/statistics.htm
EconStats does not guarantee the accuracy of this data.

    
    Chicago PMI (aka Business Barameter by Chicago NAPM)) Figures as Announced : 
    
    
                   Chicago PMI   Announcement     
                   seas. adj.    PMI   date      Later
                   (Bus. Barom.) 8:45am CST      revised    
      For Month    as announced  9:45am EST :    to :       
      _________    _______      ____________     ________   
     
      Aug 2008       57.9        Aug 29 2007                           |
      Jul 2008       50.8        Jul 31 2007                           |
      Jun 2008       49.6        Jun 30 2007                           |
      May 2008       49.1        May 30 2007                           | 
      Apr 2008       48.3        Apr 30 2007                           |
      Mar 2008       48.2        Mar 31 2007                           |
      Feb 2008       44.5        Feb 29 2007                           |
      Jan 2008       51.5        Jan 31 2007                           |
      Dec 2007       56.6        Dec 28 2007                           |
      Nov 2007       52.9        Nov 30 2007                           |
      Oct 2007       49.7        Oct 31 2007                           |
      Sep 2007       54.2        Sep 28 2007                           |
      Aug 2007       53.8        Aug 31 2007                           |
      Jul 2007       53.4        Jul 31 2007                           |
      Jun 2007       60.2        Jun 29 2007                           |
      May 2007       61.7        May 31 2007                           | 
      Apr 2007       52.9        Apr 30 2007                           |
      Mar 2007       61.7        Mar 30 2007                           |
      Feb 2007       47.9        Feb 28 2007                           |
      Jan 2007       48.8        Jan 31 2007                           |
      Dec 2006       52.4        Dec 29 2006        51.6               |
      Nov 2006       49.9        Nov 30 2006        51.2               |
      Oct 2006       53.5        Oct 31 2006        53.0               |
      Sep 2006       62.1        Sep 29 2006        59.5               |
      Aug 2006       57.1        Aug 31 2006        58.4               |
      Jul 2006       57.9        Jul 31 2006                           |
      Jun 2006       56.5        Jun 30 2006                           |
      May 2006       61.5        May 31 2006                           |
      Apr 2006       57.2        Apr 28 2006                           |
      Mar 2006       60.4        Mar 31 2006                           |
      Feb 2006       54.9        Feb 28 2006                           |
      Jan 2006       58.5        Jan 31 2006                           |
      Dec 2005       61.5        Dec 30 2005        60.8               |
      Nov 2005       61.7        Nov 30 2005        60.8               | 
      Oct 2005       62.9        Oct 31 2005        61.9               | 
      Sep 2005       60.5        Sep 30 2005                           |
      Aug 2005       49.2        Aug 31 2005        49.2               |
      Jul 2005       63.5        Jul 29 2005        63.5               |
      Jun 2005       53.6        Jun 30 2005        53.6               |
      May 2005       54.1        May 31 2005        54.1               |
      Apr 2005       65.6        Apr 29 2005        65.6               |
      Mar 2005       69.2        Mar 31 2005        69.2               |
      Feb 2005       62.7        Feb 28 2005        62.7               |
      Jan 2005       62.4        Jan 31 2004        62.4               |
      Dec 2004       61.2        Dec 30 2004                           |
      Nov 2004       65.2        Nov 30 2004                           |
      Oct 2004       68.5        Oct 29 2004                           |
      Sep 2004       61.3        Sep 30 2004                           |
      Aug 2004       57.3        Aug 31 2004                           |
      Jul 2004       64.7        Jul 30 2004                           |
      Jun 2004       56.4        Jun 30 2004                           |
      May 2004       68.0        May 28 2004                           |
      Apr 2004       63.9        Apr 30 2004                           |
      Mar 2004       57.6        Mar 31 2004                           |
      Feb 2004       63.6        Feb 27 2004                           |
      Jan 2004       65.9        Jan 30 2004                           |
      Dec 2003       59.2        Dec 30 2003                           |
      Nov 2003       64.1        Nov 28 2003                           |
      Oct 2003       55.0        Oct 31 2003                           |
      Sep 2003       51.2        Sep 30 2003                           |
      Aug 2003       58.9        Aug 29 2003                           |
      Jul 2003       55.9        Jul 31 2003                           |
      Jun 2003       52.5        Jun 30 2003                           |
      May 2003       52.2        May 30 2003         48.4              |
      Apr 2003       47.6        Apr 30 2003         54.9              |
      Mar 2003       48.4        Mar 31 2003         56.0              |
      Feb 2003       54.9        Feb 28 2003         51.7              |
      Jan 2003       56.0        Jan 31 2003         45.9              |
      Dec 2002       51.3        Dec 29 2002         45.9              |
      Nov 2002       54.3        Nov 27 2002         48.1              |
      Oct 2002       45.9        Oct 31 2002         54.9              |
      Sep 2002       48.1        Sep 30 2002         51.5              |
      Aug 2002       54.9        Aug 30 2002         58.2              |
      Jul 2002       51.5        Jul 31 2002         60.8              |
      Jun 2002       58.2        Jun 28 2002         54.7              |
      May 2002       60.8        May 31 2002         55.7              |
      Apr 2002       54.7        Apr 30 2002         53.1              |
      Mar 2002       55.7        Mar 28 2002         45.1              |
      Feb 2002       53.1        Feb 28 2002         41.5              |
      Jan 2002       45.1        Jan 31 2002         41.1              |
      Dec 2001       41.4        Dec 28 2001         46.2              |
      Nov 2001       41.1        Nov 30 2001         46.6              |
      Oct 2001       46.2        Oct 31 2001         43.5              |
      Sep 2001       46.6        Sep 28 2001         38.0              |
      Aug 2001       43.5        Aug 31 2001         44.4              |
      Jul 2001       38.0        Jul 31 2001         38.7              |
      Jun 2001       44.4        Jun 29 2001         38.9              |
      May 2001       38.7        May 31 2001         35.0              |
      Apr 2001       38.9        Apr 30 2001         43.2              |
      Mar 2001       35.0        Mar 30 2001         40.2              |
      Feb 2001       43.2        Feb 28 2001         45.2              |
      Jan 2001       40.2        Jan 31 2001                           |