In the United States during this week was published the Chicago PMI index, also known as the Purchasing Managers' Index, a regional index that is calculated on the basis of a survey conducted on a sample of 200 companies in the manufacturing sector of the American zone in Chicago . The goal is to have the views of managers of such companies well the economy of their field. To calculate this index, are taken as reference seven different sub indexes: production, employment, supplier delivery times, inventory, backlog orders, prices paid by businesses and new orders. The value of this index is calculated in points and a value greater than 50 points indicates that the economy is in an expansionary phase, while a value less than 50

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