United States Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index

The Manufacturing Activity Index in the US fifth district including the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and most of West Virginia slumped to -8 in December 2018 from 14 in the previous month and well below market expectations of 16. It was the lowest reading since June 2016 as the index for new orders dropped sharply (-9 vs 17 in November) and the gauge measuring shipments declined to its lowest level since April 2009 (-25 vs 12). However, the index for employment rose to 14 in December from 11 in November. Respondents indicated a deterioration in local business conditions, as this index fell to -25, its lowest reading on record, but most firms were optimistic that conditions would improve. Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index in the United States averaged 2.74 Index Points from 1993 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 29 Index Points in September of 2018 and a record low of -44 Index Points in February of 2009.

Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index in the United States is expected to be 5.00 Index Points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index in the United States to stand at 7.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index is projected to trend around 3.00 Index Points in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-09-25	02:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	29	24	22	20
2018-10-23	02:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	15	29	25	22
2018-11-28	03:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	14	15	16	10
2018-12-26	03:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	-8	14	16	5
2019-01-23	03:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index		-8
2019-02-26	03:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index
2019-03-26	02:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index				10

United States Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	54.10	59.30	77.50	29.40	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	53.80	55.30	57.90	50.70		[+]
Services PMI	54.40	54.70	61.00	49.30	Index Points	[+]
Non Manufacturing PMI	57.60	60.70	62.00	37.60		[+]
Composite Pmi	54.40	54.70	61.00	50.00	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	3.90	3.80	62.00	-33.70	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.60	-0.20	16.60	-10.40	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	2.00	2.20	67.90	-39.40	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	78.50	78.10	89.39	66.71	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders	0.80	-4.30	23.50	-19.00	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense	-0.10	-1.40	26.00	-19.70	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transportation	-0.30	0.40	7.50	-6.80	percent	[+]
Factory Orders Ex Transportation	0.30	0.10	4.60	-7.20	percent	[+]
New Orders	502677.00	515334.00	565232.00	223500.00	USD Million	[+]
Factory Orders	-2.10	0.20	10.60	-10.00	percent	[+]
Business Inventories	0.60	0.50	1.30	-2.00	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	89.77	-36.81	166.37	-245.13	USD Billion	[+]
Wholesale Inventories	0.80	0.70	2.10	-2.00	percent	[+]
Bankruptcies	22103.00	22245.00	82446.00	19695.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	2076.82	2007.53	2076.82	14.70	USD Billion	[+]
NFIB Business Optimism Index	104.40	104.80	108.80	80.10	Index Points	[+]
Ism New York Index	65.40	67.80	88.80	23.40	percent	[+]
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	17.00	9.10	58.50	-57.90	Index Points	[+]
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	3.90	11.50	39.00	-34.40	Index Points	[+]
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	-8.00	14.00	29.00	-44.00	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Fed National Activity Index	0.22	0.00	2.77	-5.22		[+]
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index	-5.10	17.60	47.10	-60.10	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Pmi	65.40	66.40	81.00	20.70	Index Points	[+]
Car Production	2.71	2.64	9.92	1.29	Million Units	[+]
Car Registrations	431.72	436.69	1149.00	331.50	Thousand	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	17.55	17.49	21.77	9.05	Million	[+]
Crude Oil Stocks Change	-2.68	-1.68	14.42	-15.22	BBL/1Million	[+]
Natural Gas Stocks Change	-91.00	-20.00	147.00	-359.00	Billion cf	[+]
Gasoline Stocks Change	7503.00	8066.00	11456.00	-8428.00	Thousand Barrels	[+]
Leading Economic Index	124.80	124.54	124.80	46.91	Index Points	[+]
Internet Speed	18747.58	17235.62	18747.58	3609.31	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	128949703.00	127873899.00	146874246.00	89399946.00	IP	[+]
API Crude Oil Stock Change	-0.56	-6.27	14.30	-12.40	BBL/1Million	[+]
Crude Oil Rigs	873.00	877.00	1609.00	98.00		[+]
Corruption Index	75.00	74.00	78.00	71.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	16.00	18.00	24.00	14.00		[+]
Competitiveness Index	85.64	84.84	85.64	5.42	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	1.00	1.00	7.00	1.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	8.00	6.00	8.00	4.00		[+]
Steel Production	7425.00	7571.00	11951.00	3799.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Mining Production	13.20	13.60	108.20	-28.80	percent	[+]

United States Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index

The Richmond Manufacturing Index measures the conditions of the manufacturing sector for the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and most of West Virginia. The index is derived from a survey of 190 manufacturing plants and based on three individual index with the following weights: Shipments (33 percent), New Orders (40 percent) and Employment (27 percent). The index can range between +100 and -100; a reading above zero indicates expansion, while below zero suggests a contraction. This page provides - United States Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2019.