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NEW YORK (AP) " A measure of U.S. manufacturing activity contracted more than expected last month, hitting the lowest level since the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, as new orders slowed dramatically.[/align]The Institute for Supply Management on Wednesday released a September reading of 43.5, the lowest since October 2001. The reading dropped from 49.9 in August, the largest one-month decline since January 1984, when it fell to 60.5 from 69.9.
A reading above 50 signals growth.
[/align]"The headline ISM has plunged into recession territory," said Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics.
Economists had predicted a much stronger reading of 49.5, according to the consensus estimate of those surveyed by Thomson/IFR. The index has been hovering on what economists call "the boom-bust" line for most of the year.
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