AI Data Insight
The latest US ISM Manufacturing Supplier Deliveries Index for Q3 2026 retreated to 59.0, a slight decrease from the previous reading of 59.3, but remains firmly above the expansion-contraction threshold. Amid a slowdown in overall manufacturing expansion, delivery delays and surging raw material prices have become major challenges. Future geopolitical and tariff policies will be key to determining the speed of supply chain recovery.