The unexpected decline in the ISM manufacturing index to 57.1 in March, from 58.6, still leaves it at a healthy level and, with other US manufacturing surveys strengthening last month. Nevertheless, the zero COVID-related closure of factories in China, which resulted in sharp declines in the China PMIs last month, could exacerbate US manufacturing supply shortages in the coming months.
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