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   From: liamhardshell@bikerider.com   
      
   >U.S. manufacturers were hit by a torrent of higher prices, weaker customer   
   >demand, slower supplier deliveries, shortages of raw materials, and omicron   
   >-fueled labor scarcity that slowed production in January, according to a su   
   >rvey by the Institute for Supply Management.   
   >   
   >ISM said that its inflation measure showed prices rising at a faster rate i   
   >n January after a brief respite in December, pushing the price index to 76.   
   >1 percent. This is the 20th month in a rose of increasing prices and the 17   
   >th consecutive month in which its index for prices has been above 60 percen   
   >t.   
   >   
   >When the prices index is above 52.6 percent, that typically indicates an in   
   >crease in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index for intermedi   
   >ate materials, a measure of inflation that looks at prices paid for goods b   
   >y firms that transform them into products for final sale to businesses, con   
   >sumers, and governments.   
   >   
   >All of the 17 manufacturing industries tracked by ISM reported paying highe   
   >r prices for raw materials. Ongoing scarcity helped push prices higher for   
   >everything from aluminum and steel to cardboard and packaging material to l   
   >umber and vegetable oils, ISM said.   
   >   
   >The index of supplier deliveries dipped to 64.6 percent from 64.9 percent i   
   >n December, indicating slower deliveries. All of the six top manufacturing   
   >industries reported slower deliveries. But the pace of the slowdown was its   
   >elf slower, indicating a possible leveling off. ISM’s Timothy Fiore   
   > said supplier expected to be back on track in February and moving toward a   
   > better supply-and-demand balance in March.   
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