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 | Feb 2025 | 271.33B USD | 0.75% |
US Durable Goods Excluding Defense New Orders MoM | Feb 2025 | 0.75% | -79.61% |
US Durable Goods Excluding Transportation New Orders | Feb 2025 | 190.94B USD | 0.65% |
US Durable Goods Excluding Transportation New Orders MoM | Feb 2025 | 0.65% | 419.2% |
US Durable Goods New Orders | Feb 2025 | 289.29B USD | 0.94% |
US Durable Goods New Orders MoM | Feb 2025 | 0.94% | -71.88% |
US Durable Goods Shipments | Feb 2025 | 292.31B USD | 1.19% |
US Durable Goods Shipments MoM | Feb 2025 | 1.19% | 73.77% |
US Durable Goods Unfilled Orders | Feb 2025 | 1.402T USD | 0.13% |
US Durable Goods Unfilled Orders MoM | Feb 2025 | 0.13% | -28.15% |
US Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft New Orders | Feb 2025 | 74.99B USD | -0.27% |
US Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft New Orders MoM | Feb 2025 | -0.27% | -- |
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 | Jan 2025 | 909.99B EUR | -1.00% |
Bank of Spain Cash Put Into Circulation | Jan 2025 | -24.06B EUR | -- |
Bank of Spain Liabilities | Jan 2025 | 909.99B EUR | -1.00% |
Spain Assets: Currency and Deposits | Q3 2024 | 2.799T EUR | 1.99% |
Spain Financial Assets | Q3 2024 | 12.76T EUR | 1.58% |
Spain Financial Institutions Net Financial Assets | Q3 2024 | 34.03B EUR | -21.12% |
Spain Unemployment Rate | Q4 2024 | 10.61% | -5.35% |
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 | Jan 2025 | 0.82% | -51.92% |
Canada Food Manufacturing New Orders | Jan 2025 | 13.08B CAD | 2.31% |
Canada Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing Raw Materials, Fuel, Supplies, and Components | Jan 2025 | 1.103B CAD | 14.98% |
Canada Manufacturing New Orders | Jan 2025 | 73.57B CAD | 0.89% |
Canada Manufacturing Shipments | Jan 2025 | 72.98B CAD | 1.71% |
Canada Manufacturing Shipments MoM | Jan 2025 | 1.71% | 267.2% |
Canada Manufacturing Total Inventory | Jan 2025 | 121.19B CAD | 1.18% |
Canada Nondurable Goods Industries New Orders | Jan 2025 | 35.27B CAD | 0.96% |
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 | Jan 2025 | 3.199B CAD | -1.15% |
Canada Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing Shipments | Jan 2025 | 3.275B CAD | 1.61% |
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
Indicator | Period | Value | % CHG PREV |
Empire State Manufacturing Delivery Times Index | Mar 2025 | 1.00 | -81.48% |
Empire State Manufacturing Employee Workweek Index | Mar 2025 | -2.50 | -- |
Empire State Manufacturing Future General Business Conditions Index | Mar 2025 | 12.70 | -42.79% |
Empire State Manufacturing General Business Conditions Index | Mar 2025 | -20.00 | -- |
Empire State Manufacturing Inventories Index | Mar 2025 | 13.30 | 52.87% |
Empire State Manufacturing New Orders Index | Mar 2025 | -14.90 | -- |
Empire State Manufacturing Shipments Index | Mar 2025 | -8.50 | -- |
Empire State Manufacturing Unfilled Orders Index | Mar 2025 | -2.00 | -- |
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 | Jan 2025 | -3.50% | -- |
Japan Machinery Orders Received | Jan 2025 | 3.266T JPY | 9.85% |
Japan Machinery Orders Received from the Private Sector | Jan 2025 | 1.047T JPY | 3.46% |
Japan Machinery Orders Received from the Private Sector Excluding Volatile Orders | Jan 2025 | 857.86B JPY | -3.50% |
Japan Machinery Orders YoY | Jan 2025 | 3.28% | -46.83% |
Japan Machinery Sales | Jan 2025 | 2.847T JPY | 3.50% |
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 | Feb 2025 | 0.15% | -77.51% |
US Capacity Utilization: Manufacturing | Feb 2025 | 76.92% | 0.78% |
US Capacity Utilization: Mining (except Oil and Gas) | Feb 2025 | 64.49% | 1.38% |
US Capacity Utilization: Total Industry | Feb 2025 | 78.19% | 0.62% |
US Industrial Capacity: Total Manufacturing (NAICS) | Feb 2025 | 130.85 | 0.11% |
US Industrial Production MoM | Feb 2025 | 0.75% | 185.3% |
US Industrial Production YoY | Feb 2025 | 1.44% | -25.13% |
US Industrial Production: Business Equipment | Feb 2025 | 94.32 | 1.61% |
US Industrial Production: Construction Supplies | Feb 2025 | 102.28 | 0.99% |
US Industrial Production: Consumer Goods | Feb 2025 | 102.64 | 0.23% |
US Industrial Production: Materials | Feb 2025 | 107.18 | 1.04% |
US Industrial Production: Nonindustrial Supplies | Feb 2025 | 102.64 | 0.25% |
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 | Jan 2025 | 92.50 | 1.98% |
Germany Industrial Production Index MoM | Jan 2025 | 2.00% | -- |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Capital Goods MoM | Jan 2025 | 2.40% | -- |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Construction MoM | Jan 2025 | 0.60% | -45.45% |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Durable Goods MoM | Jan 2025 | -2.30% | -- |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Energy MoM | Jan 2025 | -0.50% | -- |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Intermediate Goods MoM | Jan 2025 | 3.30% | -- |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Manufacturing MoM | Jan 2025 | 2.60% | -- |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Nondurable Goods MoM | Jan 2025 | 3.40% | 142.9% |
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 | Feb 2025 | -0.0717 | -- |
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 | Feb 2025 | 46.80 | 4.23% |
US ISM Manufacturing Customer's Inventories Index | Feb 2025 | 45.30 | -3.00% |
US ISM Manufacturing Employment Index | Feb 2025 | 47.60 | -5.37% |
US ISM Manufacturing Exports Index | Feb 2025 | 51.40 | -1.91% |
US ISM Manufacturing Imports Index | Feb 2025 | 52.60 | 2.94% |
US ISM Manufacturing Inventories Index | Feb 2025 | 49.90 | 8.71% |
US ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index | Feb 2025 | 48.60 | -11.80% |
US ISM Manufacturing PMI | Feb 2025 | 50.30 | -1.18% |
US ISM Manufacturing Prices Paid Index | Feb 2025 | 62.40 | 13.66% |
US ISM Manufacturing Production Index | Feb 2025 | 50.70 | -3.43% |
US ISM Manufacturing Supplier Deliveries Index | Feb 2025 | 54.50 | 7.07% |
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 Index of Industrial Production | Jan 2025 | 99.90 | -1.09% |
Japan Industrial Production Index MoM | Jan 2025 | -1.09% | -- |
Japan Manufacturing Inventory | Jan 2025 | 102.50 | 1.38% |
Japan Manufacturing Inventory Ratio | Jan 2025 | 106.50 | -0.37% |
Japan Manufacturing Production | Jan 2025 | 100.30 | -0.59% |
Japan Manufacturing Shipments | Jan 2025 | 98.40 | -1.11% |
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 | Jan 2025 | 29.51B JPY | 0.11% |
Japan FPD Manufacturing Equipment Billings Growth | Jan 2025 | 4.33% | -47.72% |
Japan Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Billings | Jan 2025 | 416.79B JPY | -5.99% |
Japan Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Billings Growth | Jan 2025 | 32.37% | -27.58% |
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 | Jan 2025 | 2.592T USD | 0.32% |
US Business Inventories MoM | Jan 2025 | 0.32% | -- |
US Business Inventories YoY | Jan 2025 | 2.31% | 19.36% |
US Business Inventory/Sales Ratio | Jan 2025 | 1.37 | 1.48% |
US Business Sales | Jan 2025 | 1.896T USD | -0.82% |
US Manufacturers Inventories | Jan 2025 | 863.72B USD | 0.10% |
US Manufacturers Inventory/Sales Ratio | Jan 2025 | 1.46 | 0.00% |
US Manufacturers Sales | Jan 2025 | 592.14B USD | 0.41% |
US Retail Trade Inventories | Jan 2025 | 821.98B USD | 0.02% |
US Retail Trade Inventory/Sales Ratio | Jan 2025 | 1.32 | 1.54% |
US Retail Trade Sales | Jan 2025 | 624.32B USD | -1.43% |
US Wholesalers Inventories | Jan 2025 | 906.19B USD | 0.80% |
US Wholesalers Inventories MoM | Jan 2025 | 0.80% | -- |
US Wholesalers Inventory/Sales Ratio | Jan 2025 | 1.33 | 2.31% |
US Wholesalers Sales | Jan 2025 | 680.04B USD | -1.30% |
US Wholesalers Sales YoY | Jan 2025 | 3.49% | 9.39% |
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 2025 | 48.60 | -1.02% |
China Manufacturing Expected Production and Business Activities Index | Feb 2025 | 54.50 | -1.45% |
China Manufacturing New Orders Index | Feb 2025 | 51.10 | 3.86% |
China Manufacturing Production Index | Feb 2025 | 52.50 | 5.42% |
China Manufacturing Raw Materials Purchase Price Index | Feb 2025 | 50.80 | 2.63% |
China Manufacturing Supplier Delivery Time Index | Feb 2025 | 51.00 | 1.39% |
China PMI | Feb 2025 | 48.60 | -1.02% |
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 2025 | 46.50 | -0.43% |
China Non-Manufacturing Expected Production and Business Activities Index | Feb 2025 | 56.60 | -0.18% |
China Non-Manufacturing New Orders Index | Feb 2025 | 46.10 | -0.65% |
China Non-Manufacturing PMI | Feb 2025 | 50.40 | 0.40% |
China Non-Manufacturing Supplier Delivery Time Index | Feb 2025 | 53.10 | 3.51% |
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 | Mar 2025 | 12.50 | -30.94% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Average Workweek Index | Mar 2025 | 8.70 | 200.0% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Employment Index | Mar 2025 | 19.70 | 271.7% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future Activity Index | Mar 2025 | 5.60 | -79.86% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future Average Workweek | Mar 2025 | 0.00 | -100.0% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future Employment Index | Mar 2025 | 17.30 | -27.00% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future New Orders Index | Mar 2025 | 2.30 | -93.05% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future Shipments Index | Mar 2025 | 11.30 | -69.04% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future Unfilled Orders Index | Mar 2025 | -0.60 | -- |
Philly Fed Manufacturing New Orders Index | Mar 2025 | 8.70 | -60.27% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Shipments Index | Mar 2025 | 2.00 | -92.40% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Unfilled Orders Index | Mar 2025 | 0.60 | -57.14% |
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 | Mar 2025 | 19.00 | -9.52% |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Employment Index | Mar 2025 | -1.00 | -- |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index | Mar 2025 | -4.00 | -- |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing New Order Volumes Index | Mar 2025 | -4.00 | -- |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Order Backlogs Index | Mar 2025 | -1.00 | -- |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Shipments Index | Mar 2025 | -7.00 | -- |
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 | Q4 2024 | 15.00 | 7.14% |
Japan Tankan Business Conditions for All Enterprises in Financial Institutions | Q4 2024 | 33.00 | 22.22% |
Japan Tankan Business Conditions for All Enterprises in Manufacturing | Q4 2024 | 8.00 | 60.00% |
Japan Tankan Business Conditions for All Enterprises in Nonmanufacturing | Q4 2024 | 20.00 | 0.00% |
Japan Tankan Business Conditions for Large Enterprises in All Industries | Q4 2024 | 23.00 | 0.00% |
Japan Tankan Business Conditions for Medium Enterprises in All Industries | Q4 2024 | 18.00 | 12.50% |
Japan Tankan Business Conditions for Small Enterprises in All Industries | Q4 2024 | 10.00 | 25.00% |
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 | Feb 2025 | -8.30 | -- |
Texas Manufacturing Company Outlook Index | Feb 2025 | -5.20 | -- |
Texas Manufacturing Future Business Activity Index | Feb 2025 | 7.70 | -78.31% |
Texas Manufacturing Future Company Outlook Index | Feb 2025 | 13.90 | -61.50% |
Texas Manufacturing Growth of Orders Index | Feb 2025 | -7.50 | -- |
Texas Manufacturing New Orders Index | Feb 2025 | -3.50 | -- |
Texas Manufacturing Production Index | Feb 2025 | -9.10 | -- |
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 | Jan 2025 | -0.03% | -- |
Cass Freight Shipments Index | Jan 2025 | 1.030 | -2.67% |
Cass Freight Shipments Index MoM | Jan 2025 | -0.03% | -- |
Cass Freight Shipments Index YoY | Jan 2025 | -0.08% | -- |
Cass Inferred Freight Rates MoM | Jan 2025 | 0.00% | -98.65% |
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 | Jan 2025 | 95.90 | -0.93% |
UK Industrial Production Index MoM | Jan 2025 | -0.90% | -- |
UK Industrial Production Index YoY | Jan 2025 | -1.50% | -- |
UK Industrial Production Index: Electricity, Gas, Steam, and Air Conditioning Supply | Jan 2025 | 100.50 | 0.50% |
UK Industrial Production Index: Manufacturing | Jan 2025 | 98.80 | -1.10% |
UK Industrial Production Index: Mining and Quarrying | Jan 2025 | 77.00 | -3.27% |
UK Industrial Production Index: Production | Jan 2025 | 95.10 | -0.63% |
UK Industrial Production Index: Water Supply, Sewage, Waste Management, and Remediation Activities | Jan 2025 | 98.10 | 2.62% |
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 | Dec 2024 | 20.92M USD | 1.58% |
Asia-Pacific Semiconductor Billings | Dec 2024 | 30.11M USD | 0.88% |
Europe Semiconductor Billings | Dec 2024 | 4.085M USD | -4.15% |
Japan Semiconductor Billings | Dec 2024 | 3.979M USD | 0.83% |
Worldwide Semiconductor Billings | Dec 2024 | 59.10M USD | 0.76% |
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