U.S. manufacturers slow to a crawl as coronavirus bottlenecks emerge, ISM shows
March 02, 2020 at 10:13 AM EST
Most U.S. manufacturers said business began to slow to a crawl in February as supply bottlenecks tied to the coronavirus impaired their ability to get parts and generate new orders, a survey of executives found. The Institute for Supply Management said its ISM manufacturing index dipped to 50.1% from 50.9%.