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US manufacturing improves in July, outlook clouded by Covid-19 pandemic

The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, said Monday that its manufacturing index rose to 54.2 last month, up from a June reading of 52.6

From April to June, gross domestic product fell from the first quarter by 11.9 percent in the 27 member states of the European Union, and by 12.1 percent in countries that use the euro currency
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The overall economy fell into a recession in February and the government reported last week that the gross domestic product plunged at an annual rate of 32.9% in the April-June quarter, the biggest drop on records going back to 1947

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US manufacturing improved again in July with a key gauge of activity rising further into expansion territory. The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, said Monday that its manufacturing index rose to 54.2 last month, up from a June reading of 52.6.

Any reading above 50 signas that US manufacturing is expanding.The index dipped below 50 in March, indicating a recession in manufacturing as the coronavirus pandemic shut down factories.

The overall economy fell into a recession in February and the government reported last week that the gross domestic product plunged at an annual rate