Arkansas

Arkansas:  The overall index for Arkansas inched higher to 67.9 from March’s 67.8.  Components of the index from the monthly survey of supply managers were new orders at 70.1, production or sales at 69.6, delivery lead time at 60.6, inventories at 66.0, and employment at 73.3. “Even without a rebound in construction and pullbacks among nondurable goods manufacturers, the state’s economy continues to expand.  Job growth among durable goods manufacturing has been restrained by increases in production from current employees and rising hours worked,” said Goss.