US Manufacturing Growth Eases: S&P Global in World Economy News 21/02/2026 The S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI fell to 51.2 in February from 52.4 in January, below expectations of 52.6, pointing to a seventh straight month of expansion but the weakest improvement in that period. Factory output growth slowed to its lowest level since July, while new orders edged down for the second time in three months, signaling softer demand. Employment growth nearly stalled, marking the smallest rise since last July as firms grew more cautious. Inventories of purchases declined for the first time since July and at the fastest pace in 13 months, reflecting lower input needs and supply constraints. Supplier delivery times lengthened to the most since October 2022 due to delays, shortages and adverse weather, highlighting ongoing pressures in supply chains despite moderating activity. Source: Trading Economics 2026-02-21 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share