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Enviado: 28/2/2007 15:56By Ciara Linnane
Last Update: 9:53 AM ET Feb 28, 2007
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index fell to 47.9 in February from 48.8 in January, suggesting a contraction in regional growth.
Economists polled by MarketWatch were forecasting a reading of 50.
Among the index's individual components:
the prices paid index rose to 63.2 in February from 54.9 a month earlier.
new orders rose to 48.7 from 46.3.
the employment index climbed to 50.6 from 42.8.
Last Update: 9:53 AM ET Feb 28, 2007
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index fell to 47.9 in February from 48.8 in January, suggesting a contraction in regional growth.
Economists polled by MarketWatch were forecasting a reading of 50.
Among the index's individual components:
the prices paid index rose to 63.2 in February from 54.9 a month earlier.
new orders rose to 48.7 from 46.3.
the employment index climbed to 50.6 from 42.8.