United States Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index 1993-2018 | Data | Chart

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 rose by 4 points to 20 in June 2018, beating market expectations of 15. The advance was buoyed by an increase in all main components: shipments (17 vs 15 in May); new orders (22 vs 16); and employment (22 vs 18). Firms also saw an increase in backlog of orders, as the index rose to its highest value of this year. Respondents were optimistic in June, expecting growth to continue across most indicators. Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index in the United States averaged 2.46 Index Points from 1993 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 30 Index Points in November of 2017 and a record low of -44 Index Points in February of 2009.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-06-26	02:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	20	16	15	14
2018-07-24	02:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index		20		18
2018-08-28	02:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index				10
2018-09-25	02:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index				20

United States Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	60.20	58.70	77.50	29.40	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	55.40	56.40	57.90	50.70		[+]
Services PMI	56.50	56.80	61.00	49.30	Index Points	[+]
Non Manufacturing PMI	59.10	58.60	62.00	37.60		[+]
Composite Pmi	56.20	56.60	61.00	50.00	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	3.80	3.20	62.00	-33.70	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.60	-0.50	16.60	-10.40	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	1.90	1.20	67.90	-39.40	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	78.00	77.70	89.39	66.71	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders	-0.60	-1.00	23.50	-19.00	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense	-1.50	-1.50	26.00	-19.70	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transportation	-0.30	1.90	7.50	-6.80	percent	[+]
Factory Orders Ex Transportation	0.70	0.90	4.60	-7.20	percent	[+]
New Orders	498174.00	494448.00	565232.00	223500.00	USD Million	[+]
Factory Orders	0.40	-0.40	10.60	-10.00	percent	[+]
Business Inventories	0.40	0.30	1.30	-2.00	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	13.86	15.56	132.20	-206.10	USD Billion	[+]
Wholesale Inventories	0.60	0.10	2.10	-2.00	percent	[+]
Bankruptcies	23106.00	23157.00	82446.00	19695.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	1920.00	1767.00	1920.00	14.40	USD Billion	[+]
NFIB Business Optimism Index	107.20	107.80	107.80	80.10	Index Points	[+]
Ism New York Index	55.00	56.40	88.80	23.40	percent	[+]
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	25.70	19.90	58.50	-57.90	Index Points	[+]
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	22.60	25.00	39.00	-35.10	Index Points	[+]
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	20.00	16.00	30.00	-44.00	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Fed National Activity Index	-0.15	0.42	2.76	-5.16		[+]
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index	36.50	26.80	47.10	-60.10	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Pmi	64.10	62.70	81.00	20.70	Index Points	[+]
Car Production	2.72	2.70	9.92	1.29	Million Units	[+]
Car Registrations	525.48	461.17	1149.00	331.50	Thousand	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	17.47	16.91	21.77	9.05	Million	[+]
Crude Oil Stocks Change	5.84	-12.63	14.42	-15.22	BBL/1Million	[+]
Natural Gas Stocks Change	46.00	51.00	147.00	-359.00	Billion cf	[+]
Gasoline Stocks Change	-3165.00	-694.00	11456.00	-8428.00	Thousand Barrels	[+]
Leading Economic Index	123.07	122.91	184.16	70.21	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	0.63	-6.80	14.30	-12.40	BBL/1Million	[+]
Crude Oil Rigs	858.00	863.00	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	5.85	5.70	5.85	5.42	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	2.00	3.00	7.00	1.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	6.00	8.00	8.00	4.00		[+]
Steel Production	7107.00	6930.00	11951.00	3799.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Mining Production	12.90	12.60	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 July of 2018.