采购经理人指数的中文解释

英文Purchasing Manager's Index的缩写，是产业营运状况的一项指标，通常按月公布。调查机构访问众多公司，收集诸如新订单、职位增减、库存、产出以及价格等方面的资料，编制出采购经理人指数。PMI有时特指制造业的采购经理人指数，但服务业也有自己的PMI，只是受重视程度较低。PMI一般将50设为成长与收缩的分界线，指数高于50代表产业正在扩张，低于50则代表正在收缩。该指数被视为是经济活动的领先指标。

PMI的英文解释

A monthlysurvey of purchasing managers in industrial companies that records changes in items such as orders, employment, inventories and prices, compared with those of the previous month. It is expressed as a number, with 50 regarded as neutral (ie. the same number of respondents reporting increased activity as there were reporting decreased activity). Figures above 50 indicate growth and below 50 contraction. The index is regarded as a leading indicator of economic activity, but methodology varies from country to country.

• survey [´sə:vei]   vt.&n.俯瞰；审视；测量   (初中英语单词)
• industrial [in´dʌstriəl]   a.工业的，产业的   (初中英语单词)
• employment [im´plɔimənt]   n.工作；职业；雇用   (初中英语单词)
• previous [´pri:viəs]   a.先，前，以前的   (初中英语单词)
• monthly [´mʌnθli]   a.每月(的) n.月刊   (高中英语单词)
• neutral [´nju:trəl]   a.中立(国)的   (高中英语单词)
• contraction [kən´trækʃ(ə)n]   n.收缩；挛缩   (英语四级单词)