February 6, 2026
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• At BMO Economics, Scott Anderson writes that manufacturing is hopping, although job growth is flat. “The ISM Manufacturing Index jumped 4.7 points in January to 52.6, a far stronger increase than forecast and the best reading on this measure in more than three years,” he writes, adding that “the index is now solidly in expansion…

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