Another Indicator That Predicts Trouble First

🤗 Join over 500,000+ DIY Investors on the Blossom app (FREE) ➤ In this episode, I look at the ISM Manufacturing PMI. This is a powerful but underappreciated economic signal. With nine straight months of contraction and broad sector weakness, this report reveals early signs of a broader slowdown you can't afford to ignore. Also in this episode: 📉 New Orders fall again, showing businesses are bracing for weaker demand in early 2026. 👷‍♂️ Hiring freezes persist across manufacturing, with 67% of firms managing headcounts down. 📦 Backlogs keep dropping, stripping away the buffer that sustained production in previous months. 🚚 Supplier deliveries are speeding up, a hidden sign that demand is cooling throughout the supply chain. 🛒 Customer inventories stay low, but restocking isn't happening , a signal of caution, not strength. 💰 Input prices rise even as demand weakens, pointing to sticky cost pressures across the sector. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:37 November PMI Report & 2025 Downward Trend 1:10 What is the PMI 2:07 Employment 2:39 New Orders 3:03 Backlog of Orders 3:44 Supplier Deliveries 4:46 Customers' Inventories 5:19 Prices 5:47 Industries Reporting Growth ----------- 📥

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Another Indicator That Predicts Trouble First is an episode from The Investing Academy Podcast by Brandon Beavis, Marc Beavis.

This episode is 7:39 long.

This episode was published on Dec 3, 2025.

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