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 fell to 15 in October of 2018 from an all-time high of 29 in September and well below market expectations of 25. Slower increases were seen in shipments (7 from 33), new orders (20 from 34), backlog of orders (13 from 20), capital expenditures (21 from 29) and inventories (1 from 6). Also, price pressures intensified for both prices paid (5.68 from 3.47) and received (2.84 from 1.93). On the other hand, employment rose faster (19 from 16). However, survey respondents were optimistic, expecting to see positive growth across most measures in the coming months. Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index in the United States averaged 2.73 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
2018-08-28	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	15	29	25	22
2018-11-28	03:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index		15		10
2018-12-27	03:00 PM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index				5

United States Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	57.70	59.80	77.50	29.40	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	55.70	55.60	57.90	50.70		[+]
Services PMI	54.80	53.50	61.00	49.30	Index Points	[+]
Non Manufacturing PMI	60.30	61.60	62.00	37.60		[+]
Composite Pmi	54.90	53.90	61.00	50.00	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	4.10	5.60	62.00	-33.70	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.10	0.20	16.60	-10.40	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	2.70	3.80	67.90	-39.40	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	78.40	78.50	89.39	66.71	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders	0.80	4.60	23.50	-19.00	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense	-0.60	2.50	26.00	-19.70	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transportation	0.10	0.30	7.50	-6.80	percent	[+]
Factory Orders Ex Transportation	0.40	0.40	4.60	-7.20	percent	[+]
New Orders	515334.00	510466.00	565232.00	223500.00	USD Million	[+]
Factory Orders	0.70	2.60	10.60	-10.00	percent	[+]
Business Inventories	0.30	0.50	1.30	-2.00	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	76.33	-36.81	166.37	-245.13	USD Billion	[+]
Wholesale Inventories	0.40	0.90	2.10	-2.00	percent	[+]
Bankruptcies	22103.00	22245.00	82446.00	19695.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	2007.53	1965.29	2007.53	14.70	USD Billion	[+]
NFIB Business Optimism Index	107.40	107.90	108.80	80.10	Index Points	[+]
Ism New York Index	69.80	72.50	88.80	23.40	percent	[+]
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	12.90	22.20	58.50	-57.90	Index Points	[+]
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	23.30	21.10	39.00	-35.10	Index Points	[+]
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	15.00	29.00	29.00	-44.00	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Fed National Activity Index	0.17	0.27	2.77	-5.22		[+]
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index	29.40	28.10	47.10	-60.10	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Pmi	58.40	60.40	81.00	20.70	Index Points	[+]
Car Production	2.64	2.78	9.92	1.29	Million Units	[+]
Car Registrations	443.14	445.58	1149.00	331.50	Thousand	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	17.57	17.44	21.77	9.05	Million	[+]
Crude Oil Stocks Change	10.27	5.78	14.42	-15.22	BBL/1Million	[+]
Natural Gas Stocks Change	39.00	65.00	147.00	-359.00	Billion cf	[+]
Gasoline Stocks Change	-1411.00	1852.00	11456.00	-8428.00	Thousand Barrels	[+]
Leading Economic Index	124.26	123.89	124.26	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	8.79	7.83	14.30	-12.40	BBL/1Million	[+]
Crude Oil Rigs	888.00	886.00	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	7251.00	7461.00	11951.00	3799.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Mining Production	13.10	15.10	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 November of 2018.