Futures advanced 0.2 percent yesterday after the Institute for Supply Management's U.S. factory index climbed to 57 in December, the fastest pace in seven months.

供给管理协会发布的美国工业指数在12月份上升至57，是七个月来的最大增幅。昨日，期货交易上升了0.2个百分点。

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The Baltic Sea Index once dropped to almost zero. When I made an inspection trip to a container factory in Shenzhen, I was told that not a single order was received.

我到深圳集装箱厂去考察时，连一个集装箱的订单都没有。

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The producer price index, a gauge of ex-factory prices, rose 6.8% in April from a year earlier, higher than March's 5.9% rise and above the poll's median forecast of a 6.5% rise.

四月份生产价格指数(PPI)(出厂价格)同比上涨了6.8%，同样超过了早期预测中线6.5%。三月份该数据为5.9%。

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Six of 10 components of the index deteriorated, including new home permit applications,jobless claims, and factory materials deliveries.

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The worst news came from the manufacturing sector, as the ISM factory index dropped sharply last month, and was worse than anyone expected.

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The surprise slow-down in the euro zone private service sector was met with similar results in manufacturing, which dropped below expectations to 48.4 in the factory index from 49.0 in August.

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Also at a March 2009 low was the HSBC sub-index for factory input prices.

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