Prior month 49.0ISM manufacturing index 48.0 versus 49.5 estimatePrices paid 64.8 versus 70.0 estimateEmployment 43.4 versus 45.0 last month. New orders 47.1 versus 46.4 last monthproduction 51.4 versus 50.3 last month.Supplier deliveries 49.3 versus 54.2 last month.Inventories 48.9 versus 49.2 last month.Customers inventories 45.7 versus 46.7 last month.Backlog of orders 46.8 versus 44.3 last month.New exports 46.1 versus 46.3 last month.Imports 47.6 versus 47.4 last month.Apart from production and prices paid, all the components are below the 50.0 level This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.