['DATE | December', 'DATE | November', 'DATE | Thursday_morning', 'ORG | MarketWatch', 'ORG | the_Institute_for_Supply_Management', 'stockChange | fell', 'stockPoints | 54.1', 'stockPoints | 57.9', 'stockPoints | 59.3']
Then Thursday morning the Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing index fell to 54.1 in December, down from 59.3 in November and below the 57.9 anticipated by economists surveyed by MarketWatch economists.