The Credit Managers’ Index from the National Association of Credit Management for June 2021 notes further slowdown in most categories but overall numbers remain strong.Current assessments of the U.S. economy visualize it as on fire, and the question...
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July 06, 2021, 07:05 AM
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The National Association of Credit Management’s Credit Managers’ Index for May remains firmly in expansion and a sign of continued economic recovery.Month over month, the data changed very little from April to May. The combined score for the...
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June 01, 2021, 07:10 AM
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The National Association of Credit Management’s Credit Managers’ Index for April 2021 reached a high not seen for more than 15 years. The monthly combined index for manufacturing and service sectors broke through the 60 mark with a reading of 60.6...
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May 03, 2021, 07:22 AM
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NACM's Credit Managers' Index (CMI) gained two points in March. Following four months of fluctuations, the March CMI reached its second-highest combined score in a year and just half a point shy of the highest seen in January."It is normally the task...
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April 12, 2021, 07:15 AM
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NACM’s Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) held strong in December with a combined score of 57.8, down a tenth of a point from November and 0.6 points from the high in October. December’s score is more than three points higher than December 2019.“It now...
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January 04, 2021, 07:18 AM
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The November Credit Managers’ Index from NACM has come back down to earth slightly after hitting a 15-year high in October. The overall score of 57.9, down just half a point from October, is the second-highest reading in the last 12 months.“The...
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December 01, 2020, 07:00 AM
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The Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) from the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) has left pre-pandemic numbers in the dust. October’s CMI rose 2.4 points to 58.4, its highest combined score in more than a decade and a half. Primarily due to...
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November 02, 2020, 07:22 AM
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The Credit Managers’ Index from the National Association of Credit Management saw its first decline since rebounding after the massive spring setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, the future is still bright. Although still in positive...
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October 01, 2020, 07:05 AM
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The Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) from the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) has left pre-pandemic numbers in the dust. The August CMI reached a more than two-year high with a combined score of 56.5.—just better than January 2020 and...
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September 01, 2020, 07:10 AM
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The Credit Managers’ Index from the National Association of Credit Management has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels after shutdowns and preventative measures greatly impacted the U.S. economy. Every factor of the combined July Credit Managers’ Index...
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August 03, 2020, 07:28 AM
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After what can be considered the worst month in the history of National Association of Credit Management’s Credit Managers’ Index (CMI), several factors rebounded in May. The current index showed many gains, especially in the favorable factors, but...
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June 02, 2020, 07:10 AM
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China has been the focal point of the economic world, and rightfully so—trade wars and tariffs with the U.S. and now the outbreak of COVID-19, but credit professionals aren’t reporting much change in the latest Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) from...
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March 04, 2020, 06:55 AM
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Two months of dwindling results casting a shadow on NACM’s Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) ended in August with a slow but steady climb in new credit applications and dollar collections in the manufacturing and service sectors. Although each sector...
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September 04, 2018, 07:20 AM
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The July economic report of the Credit Managers’ Index from the National Association of Credit Management shows a turnaround from the previous month’s trends. Mirroring the volatility in the economy, the July report of the Credit Managers’ Index...
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August 01, 2016, 07:16 AM
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With no change in the combined totals from last month, February’s economic report from the National Association of Credit Management shows offsetting positive and negative trends in the sub-categories.The question for credit managers, according to...
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March 01, 2016, 07:04 AM
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October’s economic report from the National Association of Credit Management took a positive turn from last month’s reading of 52.9, increasing to 53.9. Emerging from the downward trend of the last two months, the October report of the Credit...
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November 02, 2015, 07:06 AM
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The positive beacon of light in July was extinguished this month as the August report of the Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) from the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) showed a nearly two-point drop in the combined score—slipping from...
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September 01, 2015, 07:04 AM
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The March report of the Credit Managers' Index (CMI) from the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) fell further this month indicating that some serious financial stress is manifesting in the data."We now know that the readings of last...
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April 01, 2015, 07:13 AM
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According to the latest Credit Managers’ Index, overall CMI slipped again in May and is now sitting at levels last seen in January of this year and about where the CMI was a year ago. “The gains made in the last year have largely been erased and now...
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May 31, 2012, 07:55 AM
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After five straight months of gains, the Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) slipped to 55.1 from the March reading of 56.2, and just slightly above the January reading. The decline is not drastic and, excluding February and March, the CMI is higher than...
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April 30, 2012, 08:00 AM
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