MNI: Table: Australia AI Manufacturing Expands For 22 Months

     SYDNEY (MNI)  - From Australia Industry Group's Performance of

Manufacturing Index for July published Wednesday:

                          July  Change from June

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Australian PMI            52.0              -5.4

Production                50.3              -8.6

New Orders                51.1              -6.5

Employment                50.3              -7.8

Inventories               54.7              +4.2

Supplier Deliveries       57.0              -1.0

Exports                   49.9              -3.0

Sales                     45.5             -15.7

Average Wages             60.6              +1.8

Input Prices              68.1              -2.2

Selling Prices            53.0              -2.8

Capacity Utilization (%)  79.8              +0.7

--MNI Sydney Bureau; tel: +61 2-9716-5467; email: sophia.rodrigues@marketnews.com

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