The Services Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) surveys the dealings of purchasing managers in the services sector, with a reading above 50 indicating growth. An increasing indicator can boost a nation's currency. To compile the index, purchasing managers are surveyed on a number of subjects including employment, production, new orders, supplier deliveries, and inventories. Forex traders follow this survey closely because purchasing managers may have insight to periods of economic expansion or contraction.
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