US Manufacturing Growth Slows in January, While Employment Numbers Improve

Workers assemble Chevy Bolt EV cars at the General Motors assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich., on Nov. 4, 2016. Joe White/Reuters

U.S. manufacturing activity growth continued to slow in the month of January, said the Institute for Supply Management in a report on Feb. 1.

January saw manufacturing activity fall to a 14-month low amid an outbreak of Omicron cases at the start of the year.