Shrinking activity left factories resorting to layoffs, the survey from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) showed on Monday.
ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee Chair Timothy Fiore described the practise as happening "to a greater extent than in prior months."
At face value, the ISM survey is consistent with an economy that is in recession.
The ISM survey showed that transportation equipment was the only one of the six biggest industries reporting growth last month.
ISM manufacturing PMIWEAK DEMANDThe ISM survey's forward-looking new orders sub-index climbed to a still-subdued 45.6 from 42.6 in May amid increased caution from businesses and consumers alike.
Persons:
Timothy Fiore, payrolls, Andrew Hunter, Jonathan Millar, José Torres, Lucia Mutikani, Chizu Nomiyama, Andrea Ricci
Organizations:
Institute for Supply Management, Manufacturing Business Survey, Federal Reserve, Capital Economics, PMI, Reuters, Treasury, Barclays, Manufacturers, Machinery, Commerce Department, Interactive Brokers, Thomson
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