What does manufacturing performance look like in different parts of the world? Here is a list of major countries and their recent figures on manufacturing PMI (Note: any figure above 50 indicates expansion in the factory sector. A reading below 50 indicates contraction):
19.
South Africa
48.7
JAN
20.
South Korea
48.5 %
JAN
28.
United States
46.9
JAN F
31.
Czech Republic
44.6
JAN