ISM REPORTS ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENT TO CONTINUE IN 2025 | PR Newswire [Video]

Manufacturing Growth Expected in 2025; Revenue to Increase 4.2%; Capital Expenditures to Increase 5.2%; Capacity Utilization Currently at 82.3%; Services Growth Projected in 2025; Revenue to Increase 3.9%; Capital Expenditures to Increase 5.1%; Capacity Utilization Currently at 87.4%

, /PRNewswire/ — Economic improvement in the United States will continue in 2025, say the nation’s purchasing and supply management executives in the December 2024 ISM Supply Chain Planning Forecast, formerly known as the Semiannual Economic Forecast. Revenues are expected to increase in 17 of 18 manufacturing industries and 16 of 18 services-sector industries. Capital expenditures are expected to increase by 5.2 percent in the manufacturing sector (after a 5.6-percent increase in 2024) and increase by 5.1 percent in the services sector (after a 2.8-percent increase in 2024). In 2025, employment is expected to grow by 0.8 percent in manufacturing and 0.8 percent in services. After projected growth in manufacturing and services in the first half (H1) of the year, growth …