Markets and pundits alike got jittery this week when the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Report on Business showed the December Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) falling to 54.1%, from November’s 59.3%. December’s figure was the lowest since November 2016. What do the numbers really tell us?
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