purchasing manager

It was one of the few increases reported by the purchasing managers.

The group is best known for its survey of industrial purchasing managers.

She would have paid it had the company's purchasing manager not pointed out the amount.

The bride's father retired from the company as a purchasing manager.

The weakness in the purchasing managers' report was the surprise.

"The best window of opportunity would be after the purchasing managers' report and before the employment data."

The purchasing managers also reported that prices increased in April.

Eleven items were said by the purchasing managers to be higher in price.

One is the August survey of 250 corporate purchasing managers.

The report is based on surveys of purchasing managers at more than 250 companies in 21 industries.

In January, for example, purchasing managers reported that business conditions had slowed.

The purchasing managers' index rose to 67 percent, the highest since October 1990.

Then the purchasing managers' report pushed them further down.

The purchasing managers reported several companion figures to their main index.

The purchasing managers' index dropped to 61.9 in January from 72.9 the previous month.

But others are not so sure, and said yesterday's price report from the purchasing managers sent a false signal.

The purchasing managers' report is considered an early indicator of how the economy performed in the previous month.

He joined at the end of August, leaving a job as a purchasing manager in an art supplies store.

Travel and purchasing managers from 45 big corporations participated in the survey.

It is in such cases that a company's purchasing manager may be more important than the engineers or salespeople.

It was not as strong as had been expected based on last week's report by Chicago purchasing managers.

For all of 1989, the purchasing managers index averaged a revised 48.9 percent.

"The purchasing managers' report was pretty much in line with expectations," one government bond trader said.

The reports include the monthly survey from the nation's purchasing managers, due Wednesday.

October employment and purchasing managers reports are scheduled for Friday.