The Credit Managers’ Index from the National Association of Credit Management combined score remained unchanged at 55.0 in August, but reveals economic stress in the manufacturing sector.
NACM's Credit Managers' Index (CMI) remained at a combined...
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September 02, 2022, 06:00 AM
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Current assessments of the U.S. economy visualize it as on fire, and the question that begs asking is: How long will it last? Credit managers have started to provide an answer to this question via NACM’s Credit Manager’s Index (CMI) for June.Month on...
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July 06, 2021, 07:39 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, 07:25 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, 07:33 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, 08:00 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, 08:40 AM
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The Credit Managers’ Index from the National Association of Credit Management continued to slide in April as the coronavirus outbreak impacts spread across the U.S.To say the Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) from NACM is “down in the dumps” is an...
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May 04, 2020, 09:10 AM
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After months of fluctuation, credit professionals saw positive readings for the second consecutive month in the May 2019 economic report from National Association of Credit Management. NACM’s Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) has given credit managers no...
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June 03, 2019, 09:00 AM
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October’s economic report from the National Association of Credit Management saw significant dips in both the manufacturing and service sectors, indicative of short-term economic bandages such as tax cuts wearing off. Even with holiday shopping...
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November 01, 2018, 07:09 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, 07:24 AM
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Credit professionals reported fewer filings for bankruptcy and a higher score for rejections of credit applications in the July 2018 economic report from the National Association of Credit Management, but these spikes are coupled with plummeting...
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August 06, 2018, 07:05 AM
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Growth in the middle market remains strong, but cracks are beginning to appear in the optimism that’s been driving this unprecedented growth streak. Data from the 2Q 2018 Middle Market Indicator (MMI) released by the National Center for the Middle...
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July 27, 2018, 07:38 AM
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The April irregularity in NACM’s Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) seems to be a thing of the past after the June report showed continued stability in the market. Following a large, vertical ascent in May, this month’s CMI only fell back slightly. Coming...
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July 02, 2018, 07:22 AM
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The business climate for manufacturing in the U.S. has markedly improved over the past few years, driving both revenue and employment growth for middle market manufacturers. But the industry is also experiencing a period of transformation that is...
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June 19, 2018, 08:01 AM
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Middle market companies have been firing on all cylinders in the first quarter of 2018. Nearly three-quarters (72 percent) of middle market businesses reported improved company performance compared to one year ago—a new high—and a record-setting...
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April 26, 2018, 08:01 AM
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Credit professionals are reporting a decline in the favorable factors of the December economic report from the National Association of Credit Management, but with any bad news there is always good, which was seen as many unfavorable categories...
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January 02, 2018, 07:16 AM
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According to the National Association of Credit Management, the Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) from NACM rebounded nicely from October’s combined score of 55.5, to 56.6 in November. As usual, much of the improvement is in the favorable factors.“There...
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December 01, 2017, 07:07 AM
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What started as sprouts of optimism in August may be blossoming into a full-grown trend. The Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) from NACM registered an increase in September, coming in at 56.5, the best number it has achieved so far in 2017.“The hope is...
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October 02, 2017, 07:11 AM
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According to the National Association of Credit Management, the Credit Managers' Index combined score for August came in at a slightly higher reading than last month, at 55.1. “There has been some discernible improvement in the overall economy, but...
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September 05, 2017, 07:39 AM
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According to the June report of the Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) from the National Association of Credit Management (NACM), the combined score reached a level as good as it has been in over a year, with a reading of 56.1. Favorable factors surged to...
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July 05, 2017, 07:24 AM
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According to the May report of the Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) from the National Association of Credit Management (NACM), the combined score fell to the lowest it has been since November, dropping to 53.6 from 55.8 a month ago. Of particular concern...
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June 01, 2017, 07:30 AM
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Scores for the Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) appear to have shaken off worrisome numbers from last month and settled on a generally upbeat tone, according to the National Association of Credit Management’s (NACM) April economic report.The combined...
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May 01, 2017, 07:05 AM
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The March economic report from the National Association of Credit Management shows scores still dominated by good numbers, but waning expectations maybe foreshadowing future results.The combined score dipped only slightly, from 55.4 to 54.3, despite...
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April 03, 2017, 07:15 AM
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According to the December report of the Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) from the National Association of Credit Management (NACM), the combined score jumped from 52.9 to 54.1, the third-highest reading seen this year. The news was similarly positive in...
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January 03, 2017, 07:50 AM
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The June economic report from NACM shows numbers still in the expansion zone, but at their weakest level for the calendar year.Amid returned deterioration in several industries, the June report of the Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) from the National...
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July 06, 2016, 07:35 AM
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Showing a modest increase, January’s economic report from the National Association of Credit Management has encouraging news for credit professionals.Despite market volatility, economic indicators such as the January report of the Credit Managers’...
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February 01, 2016, 07:25 AM
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May’s economic report from the National Association of Credit Management shows slight growth, with the combined index increasing from 53.9 last month to 54.1. The May report of the Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) from the National Association of...
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June 01, 2015, 07:13 AM
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Expectations for the rest of the year change with a drop in the the National Association of Credit Management's economic report for November. October's improvement now seen as an anomaly, which leaves growing concerns for continued growth.The data...
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December 01, 2014, 07:38 AM
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Consistency is generally a positive development when the overall readings have been positive and this is the case for the August report of the Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) from the National Association of Credit Management, which posted no change...
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September 02, 2014, 07:36 AM
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This month’s Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) reading from the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) was 56.1—barely higher than it was in April, but falling well below May’s 56.8. The readings had been closing in on 60 (57.1 in November and...
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July 01, 2014, 06:51 AM
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The Credit Managers' Index (CMI), issued by the National Association of Credit Management (NACM), improved from 56 to 56.8 in May. This marks the second consecutive month of improvement for the index, further signaling the end of the first quarter's...
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June 02, 2014, 07:11 AM
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The combined December Credit Managers’ Index (CMI), published by the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) fell dramatically from 57.1 to 55.6, erasing most of the gains made in the last few months and taking the CMI back to levels not...
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December 31, 2013, 07:44 AM
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The Credit Managers’ Index (CMI), published by the National Association of Credit Management (NACM), increased to 57.1 in November, registering its highest reading since the beginning of the recession in 2008.Building on the optimism from October’s...
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December 02, 2013, 07:29 AM
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September's growth in the Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) from the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) was driven primarily by increases in the index's unfavorable factors, all of which registered improvements and some by substantial...
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October 01, 2013, 07:06 AM
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The National Association of Credit Management’s (NACM’s) Credit Managers' Index (CMI) fell from its June high of 56.1 to 55.5 in July, led by a sharp decline in collections.
The "dollar collections" category moved from 59.3 to 57.5, taking the...
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August 01, 2013, 07:21 AM
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The Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) from the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) for May leapt over two percentage points, from 53.3 to 55.6, to reach a level not recorded since August 2012. The improvement becomes more convincing upon...
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June 03, 2013, 07:22 AM
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As it did in October, the Credit Managers' Index (CMI) from the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) slipped again this month, from 55.2 to 54.9. The most dramatic movement was in sales, which plummeted to 56.7, a low last seen in...
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January 02, 2013, 07:48 AM
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The National Association of Credit Management (NACM), a leading resource for credit and financial management information, education, products and services designed to improve the management of business credit and accounts receivable announced the...
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November 30, 2012, 08:02 AM
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