ISM® Makes Annual Adjustments to Seasonal Factors for Manufacturing PMI®, Services PMI® and Diffusion Indexes

TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on input from an independent expert, Institute for Supply Management® recently announced the completion of its annual adjustments to the seasonal factors used in the monthly Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) Manufacturing PMI® Report On Business® and the monthly Services PMI® Report On Business®. Purchasing managers and economists who track these indexes will note that changes are effective with the January 2022 ISM® Manufacturing PMI® Report On Business®, which is scheduled to be released on February 1, 2022, and the January 2022 ISM® Services PMI® Report On Business®, which will be released on February 3, 2022.

NOTE: Beginning with the February 2019 report (January 2019 data), ISM® only rounds the final published numbers rather than also rounding intermediate numbers.

Seasonal adjustment factors are used to allow for the effects of repetitive intra-year variations resulting primarily from normal differences in weather conditions, various institutional arrangements, and differences attributable to non-movable holidays. It is standard practice to project the seasonal adjustment factors used to calculate the indexes one year ahead (2022).

As in previous years, the X-13-ARIMA program was used to develop the revisions to the Manufacturing and Services indexes for January 2015 through December 2021, as well as the 2022 projected seasonal factors. The 2022 seasonal factors will be recomputed when the actual data are known in early 2023. Projected seasonal factors for 2022 are shown below.

To compute the PMI®:

1)  Calculate the unadjusted diffusion index for New Orders, Production, Employment and Inventories to two decimal places. Supplier Deliveries (which are not seasonally adjusted) it will be percent slower plus one half of the percent same or unchanged.

2)  Divide each unadjusted diffusion index by its seasonal factor (round to one decimal place).

3)  Add all five index numbers together and divide by five.

To compute other indexes, follow steps #1 and #2 above for each indicator.

To compute the Services PMI®:

1)  Calculate the unadjusted diffusion index for Business Activity, New Orders and Employment to two decimal places (percent higher or up plus one half of the percent same or unchanged). For Supplier Deliveries, it will be percent slower plus one half of the percent same or unchanged.

2)  Divide each unadjusted diffusion index by its seasonal factor (round to one decimal place).

3)  Add all four index numbers together and divide by four.

To compute other indexes, follow steps #1 and #2 above for each indicator.

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