Salient to Investors:

Michael Feroli at JPMorgan Chase said the moderately expanding economy should keep overall manufacturing growing, but it’s hard to see material acceleration going forward.

Dirk Chlench at Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg said US manufacturing looks surprisingly good against a weak China and EU area and the fiscal cliff.

Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-01/ism-index-of-u-s-manufacturing-increased-to-51-5-in-september.html