EU industry has the first effects

Washington. The United States industry faces The first operational impact for the introduction of tariffs. The manufacturing activity of that country continued to increase 50.3 percent in February, but at a slower pace than the previous month (50.9), according to the ISM index.

The demand decreased, the production was stabilized and the reduction of personnel continued as the companies surveyed experience the first operational impact of the tariff policy of the new administration of Donald Trumpsaid the survey director, Timothy Fiore, cited in the statement.

The subscript of new orders from the ISM survey collapsed up to 48.6 in February, from 55.1 that had in January.

Meanwhile, construction spending in the United States fell unexpectedly in January, dragged by a decrease in disbursements in multifamily homes. The Office of the Department of Commerce reported that the construction expense fell 0.2 percent after an unvisable increased of 0.5 percent in December.