However, markets recovered after the National Association of Purchasing Management said its economic activity index fell to 46 . 9 in August from 50 . 5 in July.
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The U . S . National Association of Purchasing Management today said its manufacturing activity index rose just 1 point to 45.2 last month from 44.2 in January.
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The National Association of Purchasing Management's Non-Manufacturing Business Activity Index registered 45.5 percent in August, 3.4 percentage points lower than in July and a new low for the index.
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Countering those stronger-than-expected results, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said its monthly manufacturing activity index fell to 21 . 5 in August from 38 . 6 in July.
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That's more than twice the national growth rate of 10.8 percent during the same time, according to Detroit-based Comerica Bank's Business Activity Index, which measures income, output and employment.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's national business activity index rose to a seasonally adjusted 10 . 3 last month, compared with a revised 7 . 1 in February.
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In March 2008, Thomson Financial reported that the " Chicago Federal Reserve Bank's National Activity Index for February sent a signal that a recession [ had ] probably begun ".
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The Imacec economic activity index came in at 3 . 6 percent, compared to the 4 . 3 percent consensus estimate in a recent central bank survey of market expectations.
