Last Updated: Feb. 2, 2026 at 11:05 a.m. ET
First Published: Feb. 2, 2026 at 10:53 a.m. ET
U.S. manufacturers saw a burst of new orders in January, and business grew for the first time in 11 months, but the improvement appeared tied to the start of a new year and probably doesn’t herald an end to a tariff-induced slump.
The Institute for Supply Management’s survey of manufacturing jumped to 52.6% in January from 47.9% in the prior month. The reading, released Monday, was the highest since June 2022.
