{"id":437311,"date":"2026-09-01T20:47:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/sp-global-manufacturing-pmi-final-for-august-53-9-versus-53-2-preliminary-437311\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T20:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:47:20","slug":"sp-global-manufacturing-pmi-final-for-august-53-9-versus-53-2-preliminary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/sp-global-manufacturing-pmi-final-for-august-53-9-versus-53-2-preliminary-437311\/","title":{"rendered":"S&amp;P global manufacturing PMI final for August 53.9 versus 53.2 preliminary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Prior month\u00a053.9<\/li>\n<li>Preliminary estimate for manufacturing PMI 53.2<\/li>\n<li>S&amp;P global manufacturing PMI final 53.9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Details from S&amp;P Global on the survey report:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>S&amp;P Global US manufacturing PMI held at 53.9 in August, signaling another solid expansion in operating conditions.\n<\/li>\n<li>Production increased for the 15th consecutive month, but growth slowed to its weakest pace since February as higher prices and tight supplies weighed.\n<\/li>\n<li>New orders rose at a solid pace, little changed from July, with demand largely driven by the domestic market.\n<\/li>\n<li>Export orders declined for the 14th consecutive month. Tariffs weighed on foreign sales, although some firms reported improving demand from Europe.\n<\/li>\n<li>Supply pressures persisted, with delivery times lengthening markedly. Firms cited the Middle East war and tariff uncertainty as contributing factors.\n<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturers continued building inventories to protect against higher prices and delivery delays. Finished goods stocks increased at the fastest pace since May.\n<\/li>\n<li>Backlogs rose for the sixth consecutive month, reflecting higher order volumes and material shortages.\n<\/li>\n<li>Business confidence climbed to a three-month high, supporting the fastest pace of hiring so far in 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Usamah Bhatti, Economist at S&amp;P Global Market<br \/>\nIntelligence commented on the report saying:\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowth in the US manufacturing economy remained<br \/>\nwelcome, but the August data point to some cracks in<br \/>\nthe sector\u2019s health. Data covering most of the second<br \/>\nquarter and the period to August indicated that<br \/>\nstock building was a key driver of sustained growth in<br \/>\nmanufacturing output and demand. Moreover, both<br \/>\noutput and new order growth slowed in August amid<br \/>\nconcerns that further price rises and material shortages<br \/>\nwould weigh on the sector.<br \/>\nIndeed, although purchasing activity and preproduction inventories increased further, manufacturers<br \/>\ncontinued to report difficulties sourcing and receiving<br \/>\nraw materials because of supply delays and price rises.<br \/>\nThese pressures were commonly linked to the war in the<br \/>\nMiddle East, which has exacerbated existing supply and<br \/>\ninflationary pressures from tariffs.<br \/>\nThere were, however, areas of encouragement for US<br \/>\ngoods producers. Business expectations for output<br \/>\nover the year ahead improved from July to a threemonth high, partly reflecting hopes for an end to the<br \/>\nwar and a smoother domestic policy path. Firms also<br \/>\nnoted that greater stability in conditions were likely to<br \/>\nsupport business expansion and customer retention<br \/>\nplans. In response, businesses raised employment at the<br \/>\nstrongest rate seen so far this year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior month\u00a053.9 Preliminary estimate for manufacturing PMI 53.2 S&amp;P global manufacturing PMI final 53.9 Details from S&amp;P Global on the survey report: S&amp;P Global US manufacturing PMI held at 53.9 in August,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}