Fri, 03 Jan 2014 10:24:13 GMT
U.S. manufacturing activity drops in December
Manufacturing activity in the U.S. declined in the last month of 2013 after rising at the fastest rate in two years on a sequential basis in November, a report revealed by the Institute for Supply Management showed on Thursday. The country's ISM purchasing managers' index slipped from November's 57.3 to a level of 57 in December.