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 5 points to 29 in September 2018, easily beating market expectations of 22. It was the highest reading since the series began in 1993, buoyed by increases in shipments (33 vs 23 in August) and new orders (34 vs 25), while employment expanded at a softer pace (16 vs 25). Still, manufacturing firms continued to struggle to find employees with the skills they needed, and they expect this difficulty to continue in the coming months. Survey respondents were optimistic, expecting growth to continue in the next six months. Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index in the United States averaged 2.69 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.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-07-24	02:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	20	21	18	18
2018-08-28	02:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	24	20	18	18
2018-09-25	02:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	29	24	22	20
2018-10-23	02:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index		29		16
2018-11-28	03:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index				10
2018-12-27	03:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index				5

United States Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	61.30	58.10	77.50	29.40	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	55.60	54.70	57.90	50.70		[+]
Services PMI	52.90	54.80	61.00	49.30	Index Points	[+]
Non Manufacturing PMI	58.50	55.70	62.00	37.60		[+]
Composite Pmi	53.40	54.70	61.00	50.00	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	4.90	4.00	62.00	-33.70	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.40	0.40	16.60	-10.40	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	3.10	2.60	67.90	-39.40	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	78.08	77.90	89.39	66.71	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders	-1.70	0.70	23.50	-19.00	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense	-1.00	1.20	26.00	-19.70	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transportation	0.20	0.10	7.50	-6.80	percent	[+]
Factory Orders Ex Transportation	0.20	0.40	4.60	-7.20	percent	[+]
New Orders	497754.00	501718.00	565232.00	223500.00	USD Million	[+]
Factory Orders	-0.80	0.60	10.60	-10.00	percent	[+]
Business Inventories	0.60	0.10	1.30	-2.00	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	-26.93	30.34	166.37	-245.13	USD Billion	[+]
Wholesale Inventories	0.60	0.10	2.10	-2.00	percent	[+]
Bankruptcies	22245.00	23106.00	82446.00	19695.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	2012.60	1965.30	2012.60	14.70	USD Billion	[+]
NFIB Business Optimism Index	108.80	107.90	108.80	80.10	Index Points	[+]
Ism New York Index	76.50	75.00	88.80	23.40	percent	[+]
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	22.90	11.90	58.50	-57.90	Index Points	[+]
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	19.00	25.60	39.00	-35.10	Index Points	[+]
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	29.00	24.00	29.00	-44.00	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Fed National Activity Index	0.18	0.18	2.76	-5.21		[+]
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index	28.10	30.90	47.10	-60.10	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Pmi	63.60	65.50	81.00	20.70	Index Points	[+]
Car Production	2.45	3.00	9.92	1.29	Million Units	[+]
Car Registrations	445.58	464.21	1149.00	331.50	Thousand	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	16.72	16.77	21.77	9.05	Million	[+]
Crude Oil Stocks Change	-2.06	-5.30	14.42	-15.22	BBL/1Million	[+]
Natural Gas Stocks Change	86.00	69.00	147.00	-359.00	Billion cf	[+]
Gasoline Stocks Change	-1719.00	1250.00	11456.00	-8428.00	Thousand Barrels	[+]
Leading Economic Index	123.61	123.25	123.61	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	1.25	-8.64	14.30	-12.40	BBL/1Million	[+]
Crude Oil Rigs	866.00	867.00	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	7275.00	6847.00	11951.00	3799.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Mining Production	14.10	12.70	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 September of 2018.