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US factory activity shrank for a seventh month in October, as the Institute for Supply Management’s factory gauge fell to 46.5. Michael McKee reports.

Industrial Production fluctuates indecisively. Production, Shipments and Inventories increased, Inventory Ratio decreased. According to the Survey of Production Forecast in Manufacturing, Production ...