The Production & Business Activity category provides information on different aspects of production and business activity for various sectors of the economy. These include sales, shipments, orders, and inventories as well as several indexes to provide a measure of activity, sentiment, etc.
Advance Report on Durable Goods is one of two press releases per month for the Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) survey. The purpose of the M3 survey is to provide broad-based monthly statistical data on current economic conditions and indications of future production commitments in the manufacturing sector.
Major Advance Report on Durable Goods Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
US Durable Goods Excluding Defense New Orders | Mar 2024 | 268.06B USD | 2.27% |
US Durable Goods Excluding Defense New Orders MoM | Mar 2024 | 2.27% | 52.10% |
US Durable Goods Excluding Transportation New Orders | Mar 2024 | 187.47B USD | 0.25% |
US Durable Goods Excluding Transportation New Orders MoM | Mar 2024 | 0.25% | 41.36% |
US Durable Goods New Orders | Mar 2024 | 283.41B USD | 2.65% |
US Durable Goods New Orders MoM | Mar 2024 | 2.65% | 277.6% |
US Durable Goods Shipments | Mar 2024 | 282.40B USD | -0.02% |
US Durable Goods Shipments MoM | Mar 2024 | -0.02% | -- |
US Durable Goods Unfilled Orders | Mar 2024 | 1.397T USD | 0.42% |
US Durable Goods Unfilled Orders MoM | Mar 2024 | 0.42% | -- |
US Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft New Orders | Mar 2024 | 73.85B USD | 0.15% |
US Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft New Orders MoM | Mar 2024 | 0.15% | -72.28% |
Bank of Spain Statistical Bulletin contains the economic statistics compiled by the Bank of Spain (on the credit system, other financial institutions, financial markets, general government and the balance of payments), a summary of general economic statistics, compiled by the National Statistics Institute and other public bodies, and a set of indicators for other countries.
Major Bank of Spain Statistical Bulletin Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Bank of Spain Assets | Feb 2024 | 951.51B EUR | 0.34% |
Bank of Spain Cash Put Into Circulation | Feb 2024 | -13.43B EUR | -- |
Bank of Spain Liabilities | Feb 2024 | 951.51B EUR | 0.34% |
Spain Assets: Currency and Deposits | Q4 2023 | 2.709T EUR | 1.15% |
Spain Domestic Demand Growth | Q4 2023 | 2.15% | 51.41% |
Spain Exports of Goods and Services Growth | Q4 2023 | 1.03% | -- |
Spain Financial Assets | Q4 2023 | 12.13T EUR | 1.84% |
Spain Financial Institutions Net Financial Assets | Q4 2023 | -58.75B EUR | -- |
Spain Imports of Goods and Services Growth | Q4 2023 | 1.65% | -- |
Spain Inventories Growth QoQ | Q4 2023 | -0.40% | -- |
Spain Unemployment Rate | Q4 2023 | 11.76% | -0.68% |
The Monthly Survey of Manufacturing publishes statistical series for manufacturers -- sales of goods manufactured, inventories, unfilled orders, new orders and capacity utilization rate.
Major Canada Monthly Survey of Manufacturing Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Canada Durable Goods Industries New Orders MoM | Feb 2024 | 4.93% | -- |
Canada Food Manufacturing New Orders | Feb 2024 | 12.83B CAD | 0.58% |
Canada Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing Raw Materials, Fuel, Supplies, and Components | Feb 2024 | 1.033B CAD | 1.79% |
Canada Manufacturing New Orders | Feb 2024 | 72.46B CAD | 1.88% |
Canada Manufacturing Shipments | Feb 2024 | 71.60B CAD | 0.72% |
Canada Manufacturing Shipments MoM | Feb 2024 | 0.72% | -- |
Canada Manufacturing Total Inventory | Feb 2024 | 120.61B CAD | -0.68% |
Canada Nondurable Goods Industries New Orders | Feb 2024 | 35.33B CAD | -1.14% |
Canada Petroleum and Coal Product Manufacturing New Orders | Jun 2012 | 6.267B CAD | -12.50% |
Canada Petroleum and Coal Product Manufacturing Shipments | Mar 2018 | 5.976B CAD | -0.27% |
Canada Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing New Orders | Feb 2024 | 3.148B CAD | -10.15% |
Canada Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing Shipments | Feb 2024 | 3.311B CAD | -0.48% |
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey is produced each month by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It provides an indication of manufacturing activity in the state economy. The survey is sent on the first day of each month to the same group of about 200 manufacturing executives. The New York Fed then calculates diffusion indexes based on their responses covering all facets of manufacturing: general conditions, new orders, employees, capital investment, and more.
Major Empire State Manufacturing Survey Indicators
Machinery Orders Survey researches the state of the order books of machinery manufacturers, and collects basic material for analyzing the direction of the economy through an early understanding of trends in capital investment in machinery.
Major ESRI Orders Received for Machinery Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Japan Machinery Orders MoM | Feb 2024 | 7.66% | -- |
Japan Machinery Orders Received | Feb 2024 | 2.803T JPY | 2.13% |
Japan Machinery Orders Received from the Private Sector | Feb 2024 | 1.008T JPY | 7.01% |
Japan Machinery Orders Received from the Private Sector Excluding Volatile Orders | Feb 2024 | 886.82B JPY | 7.66% |
Japan Machinery Orders YoY | Feb 2024 | 0.66% | -- |
Japan Machinery Sales | Feb 2024 | 2.625T JPY | 3.53% |
The Federal Reserve's monthly index of industrial production and the related capacity indexes and capacity utilization rates cover manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities. The industrial sector, together with construction, accounts for the bulk of the variation in national output over the course of the business cycle. The industrial detail provided by these measures helps illuminate structural developments in the economy.
Major G.17 Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
US Capacity Utilization YoY | Mar 2024 | -1.38% | -- |
US Capacity Utilization: Manufacturing | Mar 2024 | 77.34% | 0.35% |
US Capacity Utilization: Mining (except Oil and Gas) | Mar 2024 | 69.98% | -3.88% |
US Capacity Utilization: Total Industry | Mar 2024 | 78.41% | 0.27% |
US Industrial Capacity: Total Manufacturing (NAICS) | Mar 2024 | 129.94 | 0.14% |
US Industrial Production MoM | Mar 2024 | 0.39% | -11.77% |
US Industrial Production YoY | Mar 2024 | -0.00% | -- |
US Industrial Production: Business Equipment | Mar 2024 | 96.98 | 0.09% |
US Industrial Production: Construction Supplies | Mar 2024 | 100.49 | -0.95% |
US Industrial Production: Consumer Goods | Mar 2024 | 102.06 | 1.23% |
US Industrial Production: Materials | Mar 2024 | 104.30 | -0.04% |
US Industrial Production: Nonindustrial Supplies | Mar 2024 | 100.32 | 0.20% |
The production index measures the monthly output of the manufacturing industry in Germany. Due to its periodicity, its rapid availability and the deep breakdown by economic sector, it is a central and current indicator for economic development.
Major Germany Industrial Production Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Germany Industrial Production Index | Feb 2024 | 96.00 | 2.13% |
Germany Industrial Production Index MoM | Feb 2024 | 2.10% | 61.54% |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Capital Goods MoM | Feb 2024 | 1.50% | -- |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Construction MoM | Feb 2024 | 11.60% | 625.0% |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Durable Goods MoM | Feb 2024 | 3.00% | 172.7% |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Energy MoM | Feb 2024 | -6.50% | -- |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Intermediate Goods MoM | Feb 2024 | 2.50% | -41.86% |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Manufacturing MoM | Feb 2024 | 1.80% | 28.57% |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Nondurable Goods MoM | Feb 2024 | 1.60% | -60.00% |
Global Supply Chain Pressure Index integrates transportation cost data and manufacturing indicators to provide a gauge of global supply chain conditions.
Major Global Supply Chain Pressure Index Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Global Supply Chain Pressure Index | Mar 2024 | -0.2672 | -- |
The Manufacturing ISM Report On Business is based on data compiled from purchasing and supply executives nationwide. This monthly report offers one of the most reliable economic indicators available, providing guidance to supply management professionals, economists, analysts, government and business leaders.
Major ISM Manufacturing Report On Business Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
US ISM Manufacturing Backlog Index | Mar 2024 | 46.30 | 0.00% |
US ISM Manufacturing Customer's Inventories Index | Mar 2024 | 44.00 | -3.93% |
US ISM Manufacturing Employment Index | Mar 2024 | 47.40 | 3.27% |
US ISM Manufacturing Exports Index | Mar 2024 | 51.60 | 0.00% |
US ISM Manufacturing Imports Index | Mar 2024 | 53.00 | 0.00% |
US ISM Manufacturing Inventories Index | Mar 2024 | 48.20 | 6.40% |
US ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index | Mar 2024 | 51.40 | 4.47% |
US ISM Manufacturing PMI | Mar 2024 | 50.30 | 5.23% |
US ISM Manufacturing Prices Paid Index | Mar 2024 | 55.80 | 6.29% |
US ISM Manufacturing Production Index | Mar 2024 | 54.60 | 12.81% |
US ISM Manufacturing Supplier Deliveries Index | Mar 2024 | 49.90 | -0.40% |
The Japan Indices of Industrial Production measure the relative index of various aspects of Japanese industrial production. This includes the monthly production, shipments, inventories, and inventory to shipments ratio. Also included are average monthly inventories as well as end of period inventories for frequencies longer than one month.
Major Japan Indices of Industrial Production Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Japan Industrial Production Index MoM | Apr 2023 | -0.42% | -- |
The Japan Semiconductor Book-to-Bill Ratio Report contains data on semiconductor and FPD manufacturing equipment. This includes bookings and billings data measured in Yen as well as growth rates for each and a ratio item of bookings to billings.
Major Japan Semiconductor Billings Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Japan FPD Manufacturing Equipment Billings | Feb 2024 | 28.81B JPY | 1.83% |
Japan FPD Manufacturing Equipment Billings Growth | Feb 2024 | 18.50% | 20.35% |
Japan Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Billings | Mar 2024 | 365.68B JPY | 15.20% |
Japan Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Billings Growth | Mar 2024 | 8.50% | 9.32% |
The monthly Manufacturing Survey provided by the Kansas City Fed measures current manufacturing activity in the Tenth district. The survey's accumulated results help trace longer term trends. The survey monitors manufacturing plants selected according to geographic distribution, industry mix and size. Survey results reveal changes in several indicators of manufacturing activity, including production and shipments, and identify changes in prices of raw materials and finished products.
Major Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey Indicators
The Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) survey provides broad-based, monthly statistical data on economic conditions in the domestic manufacturing sector. The survey measures current industrial activity and provides an indication of future business trends.
Major Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Indicators
The Manufacturing & Trade Inventories & Sales report provides broad and timely measures of combined changes in domestic retail trade, wholesale trade and manufacturers' activities.
Major Manufacturing & Trade Inventories & Sales Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
US Business Inventories | Feb 2024 | 2.568T USD | 0.45% |
US Business Inventories MoM | Feb 2024 | 0.45% | 4.87K% |
US Business Inventories YoY | Feb 2024 | 1.03% | 100.3% |
US Business Inventory/Sales Ratio | Feb 2024 | 1.38 | -0.72% |
US Business Sales | Feb 2024 | 1.866T USD | 1.61% |
US Manufacturers Inventories | Feb 2024 | 857.73B USD | 0.27% |
US Manufacturers Inventory/Sales Ratio | Feb 2024 | 1.47 | -1.34% |
US Manufacturers Sales | Feb 2024 | 581.58B USD | 1.39% |
US Retail Trade Inventories | Feb 2024 | 808.72B USD | 0.56% |
US Retail Trade Inventory/Sales Ratio | Feb 2024 | 1.32 | -0.75% |
US Retail Trade Sales | Feb 2024 | 611.17B USD | 1.01% |
US Wholesalers Inventories | Feb 2024 | 901.08B USD | 0.51% |
US Wholesalers Inventories MoM | Feb 2024 | 0.51% | -- |
US Wholesalers Inventory/Sales Ratio | Feb 2024 | 1.34 | -1.47% |
US Wholesalers Sales | Feb 2024 | 673.74B USD | 2.34% |
US Wholesalers Sales YoY | Feb 2024 | 0.82% | -- |
China's Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index is an index summarized and compiled through the results of the monthly survey of enterprises purchasing managers. It covers every link of the enterprises, including purchasing, production, logistics, and so on. It is one of the leading indices which was commonly adopted by international society to monitor the macroeconomic trends, and played an important role in forecasting and monitoring.
Major Monthly Report on China's Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
China Manufacturing Employment Index | Feb 2024 | 49.10 | -0.20% |
China Manufacturing Expected Production and Business Activities Index | Feb 2024 | 54.20 | 0.37% |
China Manufacturing New Orders Index | Feb 2024 | 49.00 | 0.00% |
China Manufacturing Production Index | Feb 2024 | 49.80 | -2.92% |
China Manufacturing Raw Materials Purchase Price Index | Feb 2024 | 50.10 | -0.60% |
China Manufacturing Supplier Delivery Time Index | Feb 2024 | 48.80 | -3.94% |
China PMI | Feb 2024 | 49.10 | -0.20% |
China Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index is a monthly survey that provides an early indication of economic activities in the Chinese Non-manufacturing sector.
Major Monthly Report on China's Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
China Non-Manufacturing Employment Index | Feb 2024 | 47.00 | 0.00% |
China Non-Manufacturing Expected Production and Business Activities Index | Feb 2024 | 57.70 | -3.35% |
China Non-Manufacturing New Orders Index | Feb 2024 | 46.80 | -1.68% |
China Non-Manufacturing PMI | Feb 2024 | 51.40 | 1.38% |
China Non-Manufacturing Supplier Delivery Time Index | Feb 2024 | 50.30 | -3.27% |
The Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey is a monthly survey of manufacturers in the Third Federal Reserve District. Participants indicate the direction of change in overall business activity and in the various measures of activity at their plants: employment, working hours, new and unfilled orders, shipments, inventories, delivery times, prices paid, and prices received.
Major Philly Fed Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Activity Index | Apr 2024 | 15.50 | 384.4% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Average Workweek Index | Apr 2024 | -18.70 | -- |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Employment Index | Apr 2024 | -10.70 | -- |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future Activity Index | Apr 2024 | 34.30 | -11.14% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future Average Workweek | Apr 2024 | 17.30 | -- |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future Employment Index | Apr 2024 | 12.80 | 120.7% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future New Orders Index | Apr 2024 | 42.80 | -14.23% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future Shipments Index | Apr 2024 | 29.30 | -32.80% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future Unfilled Orders Index | Apr 2024 | 13.00 | 17.12% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing New Orders Index | Apr 2024 | 12.20 | 125.9% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Shipments Index | Apr 2024 | 19.10 | 67.54% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Unfilled Orders Index | Apr 2024 | 0.80 | -20.00% |
Each month since November 1993, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond has conducted the survey of manufacturing activity. The survey is sent electronically to manufacturing firms across the Fifth Federal Reserve District, which encompasses the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and most of West Virginia. Manufacturing firms report on various aspects of their business, such as shipments, new orders, order backlogs, capacity utilization (usage of equipment), supplier lead times, number of employees, average work week, wages, inventories of finished goods, and capital expenditures.
Major Richmond Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Average Wages Index | Apr 2024 | 16.00 | -30.43% |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Employment Index | Apr 2024 | -2.00 | -- |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index | Apr 2024 | -7.00 | -- |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing New Order Volumes Index | Apr 2024 | -9.00 | -- |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Order Backlogs Index | Apr 2024 | -17.00 | -- |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Prices Paid Trends | Apr 2024 | 2.79% | -13.35% |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Shipments Index | Apr 2024 | -10.00 | -- |
The SIA's Global Billings Report History provides data for total sales of semi-conductors in four different markets and worldwide.
Major SIA Global Billings Report History Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Americas Semiconductor Sales | Nov 2023 | 12.60B USD | 3.87% |
Asia-Pacific Semiconductor Sales | Nov 2023 | 12.29B USD | 3.49% |
European Semiconductor Sales | Nov 2023 | 4.734B USD | -1.98% |
Japanese Semiconductor Sales | Nov 2023 | 3.907B USD | -0.65% |
Worldwide Semiconductor Sales | Nov 2023 | 47.98B USD | 2.93% |
The Tankan (Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan) is a statistical survey conducted by the Bank of Japan in accordance with the Statistics Law that provides an accurate picture of business trends of enterprises in Japan, thereby contributing to the appropriate implementation of monetary policy.
Major Tankan Survey Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Japan Tankan Business Conditions for All Enterprises in All Industries | Q1 2024 | 12.00 | -7.69% |
Japan Tankan Business Conditions for All Enterprises in Financial Institutions | Q1 2024 | 26.00 | 30.00% |
Japan Tankan Business Conditions for All Enterprises in Manufacturing | Q1 2024 | 4.00 | -20.00% |
Japan Tankan Business Conditions for All Enterprises in Nonmanufacturing | Q1 2024 | 18.00 | 0.00% |
Japan Tankan Business Conditions for Large Enterprises in All Industries | Q1 2024 | 22.00 | 4.76% |
Japan Tankan Business Conditions for Medium Enterprises in All Industries | Q1 2024 | 14.00 | 0.00% |
Japan Tankan Business Conditions for Small Enterprises in All Industries | Q1 2024 | 7.00 | -22.22% |
The Dallas Fed conducts the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey monthly to obtain a timely assessment of the state’s factory activity. Firms are asked whether output, employment, orders, prices and other indicators increased, decreased or remained unchanged over the previous month. Responses are aggregated into balance indexes where positive values generally indicate growth while negative values generally indicate contraction.
Major Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Texas Manufacturing Business Activity Index | Mar 2024 | -14.40 | -- |
Texas Manufacturing Company Outlook Index | Mar 2024 | -16.20 | -- |
Texas Manufacturing Future Business Activity Index | Mar 2024 | 1.30 | -79.03% |
Texas Manufacturing Future Company Outlook Index | Mar 2024 | 12.50 | 5.93% |
Texas Manufacturing Growth of Orders Index | Mar 2024 | -19.80 | -- |
Texas Manufacturing New Orders Index | Mar 2024 | -11.80 | -- |
Texas Manufacturing Production Index | Mar 2024 | -4.10 | -- |
Monthly data and the Cass Transportation Index Report provide valuable insight into freight trends as they relate to other economic and supply chain indicators and the overall economy.
Major The Cass Freight Index Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Cass Freight Expenditures Index MoM | Mar 2024 | -0.01% | -- |
Cass Freight Shipments Index | Mar 2024 | 1.119 | -2.28% |
Cass Freight Shipments Index MoM | Mar 2024 | -0.02% | -- |
Cass Freight Shipments Index YoY | Mar 2024 | -0.04% | -- |
Cass Inferred Freight Rates MoM | Mar 2024 | 0.01% | -- |
UK Industrial Production Index provides information on the movements in the volume of production for the UK production industries: manufacturing, mining and quarrying, energy supply, and water and waste management.
Major UK Industrial Production Index Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
UK Industrial Production Index | Feb 2024 | 95.40 | 1.17% |
UK Industrial Production Index MoM | Feb 2024 | 1.10% | -- |
UK Industrial Production Index YoY | Feb 2024 | 1.40% | 366.7% |
UK Industrial Production Index: Electricity, Gas, Steam, and Air Conditioning Supply | Feb 2024 | 63.20 | 0.48% |
UK Industrial Production Index: Manufacturing | Feb 2024 | 103.10 | 1.28% |
UK Industrial Production Index: Mining and Quarrying | Feb 2024 | 62.30 | -0.80% |
UK Industrial Production Index: Production | Feb 2024 | 95.30 | 1.82% |
UK Industrial Production Index: Water Supply, Sewage, Waste Management, and Remediation Activities | Feb 2024 | 101.60 | 2.01% |
The Historical Billings Report tables provide data for total semiconductor revenues by the four regions Americas, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific. Worldwide semiconductor shipments covering 205 product categories by revenue and 241 product categories by units, thereof 57 categories split by the regions Americas, Europe, Japan, China and Asia Pacific/All Other.
Major WSTS Historical Billings Report Indicators
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Americas Semiconductor Billings | Jan 2024 | 11.18M USD | -18.59% |
Asia-Pacific Semiconductor Billings | Jan 2024 | 24.56M USD | -16.37% |
Europe Semiconductor Billings | Jan 2024 | 4.160M USD | -10.86% |
Japan Semiconductor Billings | Jan 2024 | 3.371M USD | -12.51% |
Worldwide Semiconductor Billings | Jan 2024 | 43.27M USD | -16.18% |
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