NCB Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI)

Updated: 15:42, Tuesday, 1 May 2012

The NCB monthly report is an index compiled from a survey of manufacturing businesses. Any figure above 50 means activity grew.

December 2010 52.2
January 2011 55.8
February 2011 56.7
March 2011 55.7
April 2011 56.0
May 2011 51.8
June 2011 49.8
July 2011 48.2
August 2011 49.7
September 2011 47.3
October 2011 50.1
November 2011 48.5
December 2011 48.6
January 2012 48.3
February 2012 49.7
March 2012 51.5
April 2012 50.1

Source: NTC Research * Readings above 50 indicate growth, below 50 contraction

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