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ISM Addresses Economic Concerns on Historic Brexit Event through ISM Report On Business® Brexit Report to Be Released on July 1, 2016.
TEMPE, Ariz., July 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Last Thursday, June 23, 2016, the electorate of the United Kingdom voted to withdraw from the European Union. The final tally was 52 percent voting to leave the European Union and 48 percent voting to remain a member of the European Union. This largely unexpected result rattled markets. The next trading day, Friday, June 24, saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average open lower and close down almost 600 points. Although markets have recovered somewhat since Monday, a sense of unease persists.
"Great Britain's vote to leave the European Union is historic," said Thomas W. Derry, Chief Executive Officer of Institute for Supply Management. "We saw that polling our manufacturing and non-manufacturing Business Survey Committees might provide important information to the markets with regard to how procurement executives view their business prospects for the remainder of the year."
The survey found that, while most procurement executives do not foresee major disruptions, many are cautiously watching the situation closely and believe Brexit will hamper growth.
When asked to project what could be the net financial impact of Brexit on their organization, a majority believed Brexit would have a negligible impact on their firm. About one in three surveyed thought their firm would be negatively, or slightly negatively, impacted. Only a small proportion (less than 10 percent) felt their business would be positively, or at least slightly positively, impacted by Brexit.
For the remainder of 2016, due to Brexit, what do you expect to be the |
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Composite |
Manufacturing |
Non- |
||
Negative impact |
6% |
7% |
6% |
|
Slightly negative impact |
27% |
31% |
26% |
|
Negligible impact |
61% |
58% |
61% |
|
Slightly positive impact |
4% |
4% |
4% |
|
Positive impact |
2% |
0% |
2% |
Among those projecting a negative impact, it was reported that changes in the exchange value of the dollar could be the most direct cause of their challenges. Changes in global demand is seen as a secondary cause and a change in demand for goods and services by their customers in the United Kingdom is seen as a possible, though somewhat unlikely, reason for not meeting expectations.
Do you expect the net negative financial impact to largely result from ... | ||||
Rank each item. "1" is most impactful. "4" is least impactful. |
Manufacturing |
Non-Manufacturing | ||
% Rank 1 |
Average |
% Rank 1 |
Average | |
Changes in the exchange value of the dollar |
51% |
1.7 |
43% |
1.8 |
Changes in demand globally |
30% |
2.1 |
27% |
2.1 |
Changes in demand by customers in the United Kingdom |
14% |
2.4 |
20% |
2.6 |
For the remainder of 2016, procurement executives indicated that they were most concerned about financial market uncertainty and currency movements. Secondarily, they were concerned about overall global growth. Supply management executives were least concerned about their firm's trade links with the U.K. and EU.
For the remainder of 2016, is your firm concerned about the impact of Brexit | |||
Financial market uncertainty | |||
Composite |
Manufacturing |
Non- | |
Not concerned |
12% |
10% |
12% |
Somewhat concerned |
62% |
65% |
61% |
Very concerned |
27% |
25% |
27% |
Currency movements | |||
Composite |
Manufacturing |
Non- | |
Not concerned |
29% |
19% |
31% |
Somewhat concerned |
48% |
55% |
46% |
Very concerned |
23% |
26% |
23% |
Global growth | |||
Composite |
Manufacturing |
Non- | |
Not concerned |
33% |
28% |
33% |
Somewhat concerned |
51% |
57% |
49% |
Very concerned |
17% |
15% |
17% |
Your firm's trade links with | |||
Composite |
Manufacturing |
Non- | |
Not concerned |
55% |
44% |
58% |
Somewhat concerned |
34% |
45% |
32% |
Very concerned |
11% |
11% |
11% |
A strong majority of those queried believed Brexit would have a negligible impact on their capital spending plans. Fewer than one in five respondents expected that their capital budgets would be negatively impacted. Only a very small proportion of respondents saw Brexit as spurring their capital budget.
For the remainder of 2016, due to Brexit, what do you expect to be the |
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Composite |
Manufacturing |
Non- |
||
Negative impact |
4% |
4% |
3% |
|
Slightly negative impact |
13% |
10% |
13% |
|
Negligible impact |
81% |
84% |
81% |
|
Slightly positive impact |
1% |
2% |
1% |
|
Positive impact |
1% |
0% |
1% |
Supply management executives were asked if their firms were likely to respond to the vote by employing various tactics to slim down or downwardly manage their workforce. Overwhelmingly, respondents reported that they would not, or probably would not, take such measures. Only a small proportion of panelists reported that their firms would, or probably would, hire fewer workers or more frequently utilize short-term labor contracts. Even fewer indicated they might make more use of third-party contingent labor. Less than 10 percent thought their firm might or would reduce the size of their workforce.
Given the vote on Brexit, due to heightened uncertainty, for the remainder | |||
Hiring fewer workers | |||
Composite |
Manufacturing |
Non- | |
Yes |
5% |
3% |
5% |
Probably yes |
10% |
11% |
10% |
Probably no |
25% |
19% |
26% |
No |
60% |
67% |
59% |
Using more short-term labor contracts | |||
Composite |
Manufacturing |
Non- | |
Yes |
1% |
1% |
1% |
Probably yes |
14% |
12% |
14% |
Probably no |
20% |
19% |
20% |
No |
65% |
68% |
65% |
Using more third-party contingent labor | |||
Composite |
Manufacturing |
Non- | |
Yes |
2% |
1% |
2% |
Probably yes |
11% |
13% |
10% |
Probably no |
20% |
15% |
21% |
No |
67% |
71% |
67% |
Reducing the labor force | |||
Composite |
Manufacturing |
Non- | |
Yes |
1% |
3% |
1% |
Probably yes |
8% |
5% |
8% |
Probably no |
24% |
22% |
24% |
No |
67% |
70% |
67% |
Data collection for this study began on Saturday, June 25, and continues. The results presented here are based on data collected through the afternoon of Wednesday, June 29.
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The data presented herein is obtained from a survey of manufacturing and non-manufacturing supply executives based on information they have collected within their respective organizations. ISM® makes no representation, other than that stated within this release, regarding the individual company data collection procedures. The data should be compared to all other economic data sources when used in decision-making.
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