Sentence examples for gauge of activity from inspiring English sources

The first gauge of activity in the sector for 2014 suggested jobs growth continued in January but the rapid recovery in overall factory activity eased off.

The purchasing managers' index, a closely-watched gauge of activity, rose in May to its highest since October.

Its Purchasing Managers Index, a gauge of activity, rose to a 13-month high of 50.4 in November from the previous month's 49.5.

In another report Thursday, a key gauge of activity in service industries, which account for about 80percentt of economic activity in the United States, edged up to 48.4 in August, from 46.4 in July.

The first gauge of activity in the sector for 2014 suggested commercial projects, as well as civil engineering, also experienced a resurgence, growing at the fastest pace since before the financial crisis.

In October the purchasing managers' index, a closely watched gauge of activity in manufacturing and service industries, dived from 46.9 to 43.6, a nadir for the ten-year-old survey.

In a separate report, the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank said its business activity index — a gauge of factory activity in the mid-Atlantic region — slumped to a seven-month low.

But a prominent gauge of economic activity by an industry research group was more promising.

A gauge of service activity slumped in July, pressed by declines in new orders and prices and weakness in employment.

The Conference Board's index, a gauge of economic activity over the next three to six months, rose 0.3percentt.

Building permits, a gauge of future activity, sank 11.5 percent to an annual rate of 606,000, the lowest since October 2009.