Gardner Business Index (GBI) Showed Improved Production in Manufacturing - Production Overtakes Supplier Deliveries in January
Gardner Business Index (GBI), registering 53.9, showed improved production in manufacturing and raised the Index back into the range of growth readings from earlier in the current business cycle.
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Registering 53.9, the Gardner Business Index (GBI) began the new year indicating improved business conditions after posting a series of slowing growth signals during the final quarter of 2018. This latest result raises the Index back into the range of growth readings from earlier in the current business cycle. Read more
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