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 | Oct 2024 | 266.62B USD | 0.42% |
US Durable Goods Excluding Defense New Orders MoM | Oct 2024 | 0.42% | -- |
US Durable Goods Excluding Transportation New Orders | Oct 2024 | 189.50B USD | 0.13% |
US Durable Goods Excluding Transportation New Orders MoM | Oct 2024 | 0.13% | -65.93% |
US Durable Goods New Orders | Oct 2024 | 286.56B USD | 0.24% |
US Durable Goods New Orders MoM | Oct 2024 | 0.24% | -- |
US Durable Goods Shipments | Oct 2024 | 285.24B USD | -0.57% |
US Durable Goods Shipments MoM | Oct 2024 | -0.57% | -- |
US Durable Goods Unfilled Orders | Oct 2024 | 1.399T USD | 0.44% |
US Durable Goods Unfilled Orders MoM | Oct 2024 | 0.44% | 64.76% |
US Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft New Orders | Oct 2024 | 73.66B USD | -0.24% |
US Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft New Orders MoM | Oct 2024 | -0.24% | -- |
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 | Oct 2024 | 917.29B EUR | -0.99% |
Bank of Spain Cash Put Into Circulation | Oct 2024 | -21.70B EUR | -- |
Bank of Spain Liabilities | Oct 2024 | 917.30B EUR | -0.99% |
Spain Assets: Currency and Deposits | Q2 2024 | 2.753T EUR | 1.02% |
Spain Financial Assets | Q2 2024 | 12.57T EUR | 0.79% |
Spain Financial Institutions Net Financial Assets | Q2 2024 | 41.45B EUR | 66.81% |
Spain Unemployment Rate | Q3 2024 | 11.21% | -0.53% |
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 | Oct 2024 | -4.52% | -- |
Canada Food Manufacturing New Orders | Oct 2024 | 12.58B CAD | -0.80% |
Canada Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing Raw Materials, Fuel, Supplies, and Components | Oct 2024 | 994.91M CAD | 1.30% |
Canada Manufacturing New Orders | Oct 2024 | 70.61B CAD | -0.91% |
Canada Manufacturing Shipments | Oct 2024 | 70.78B CAD | 2.10% |
Canada Manufacturing Shipments MoM | Oct 2024 | 2.10% | -- |
Canada Manufacturing Total Inventory | Oct 2024 | 119.65B CAD | 0.19% |
Canada Nondurable Goods Industries New Orders | Oct 2024 | 35.07B CAD | 3.03% |
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 | Oct 2024 | 3.453B CAD | 3.12% |
Canada Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing Shipments | Oct 2024 | 3.355B CAD | 1.60% |
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 | Dec 2024 | -7.40 | -- |
Empire State Manufacturing Employee Workweek Index | Dec 2024 | -3.90 | -- |
Empire State Manufacturing Future General Business Conditions Index | Dec 2024 | 24.60 | -25.90% |
Empire State Manufacturing General Business Conditions Index | Dec 2024 | 0.20 | -99.36% |
Empire State Manufacturing Inventories Index | Dec 2024 | 10.50 | 950.0% |
Empire State Manufacturing New Orders Index | Dec 2024 | 6.10 | -78.21% |
Empire State Manufacturing Shipments Index | Dec 2024 | 9.40 | -71.08% |
Empire State Manufacturing Unfilled Orders Index | Dec 2024 | -8.40 | -- |
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 | Oct 2024 | 2.09% | -- |
Japan Machinery Orders Received | Oct 2024 | 3.483T JPY | 21.10% |
Japan Machinery Orders Received from the Private Sector | Oct 2024 | 1.224T JPY | 25.40% |
Japan Machinery Orders Received from the Private Sector Excluding Volatile Orders | Oct 2024 | 869.77B JPY | 2.09% |
Japan Machinery Orders YoY | Oct 2024 | 1.89% | -- |
Japan Machinery Sales | Oct 2024 | 2.920T JPY | 9.44% |
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 | Nov 2024 | -2.07% | -- |
US Capacity Utilization: Manufacturing | Nov 2024 | 75.89% | 0.07% |
US Capacity Utilization: Mining (except Oil and Gas) | Nov 2024 | 64.47% | -0.55% |
US Capacity Utilization: Total Industry | Nov 2024 | 76.80% | -0.27% |
US Industrial Capacity: Total Manufacturing (NAICS) | Nov 2024 | 130.41 | 0.12% |
US Industrial Production MoM | Nov 2024 | -0.15% | -- |
US Industrial Production YoY | Nov 2024 | -0.90% | -- |
US Industrial Production: Business Equipment | Nov 2024 | 89.00 | 1.20% |
US Industrial Production: Construction Supplies | Nov 2024 | 99.98 | -0.23% |
US Industrial Production: Consumer Goods | Nov 2024 | 101.50 | -0.00% |
US Industrial Production: Materials | Nov 2024 | 104.84 | -0.28% |
US Industrial Production: Nonindustrial Supplies | Nov 2024 | 100.42 | -0.54% |
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 | Oct 2024 | 90.30 | -0.99% |
Germany Industrial Production Index MoM | Oct 2024 | -1.00% | -- |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Capital Goods MoM | Oct 2024 | -0.40% | -- |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Construction MoM | Oct 2024 | 1.10% | -- |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Durable Goods MoM | Oct 2024 | 0.70% | -- |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Energy MoM | Oct 2024 | -8.90% | -- |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Intermediate Goods MoM | Oct 2024 | 0.40% | -- |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Manufacturing MoM | Oct 2024 | -0.40% | -- |
Germany Industrial Production Index: Nondurable Goods MoM | Oct 2024 | -1.40% | -- |
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 | Nov 2024 | -0.3235 | -- |
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 | Nov 2024 | 41.80 | -1.18% |
US ISM Manufacturing Customer's Inventories Index | Nov 2024 | 48.40 | 3.42% |
US ISM Manufacturing Employment Index | Nov 2024 | 48.10 | 8.33% |
US ISM Manufacturing Exports Index | Nov 2024 | 48.70 | 7.03% |
US ISM Manufacturing Imports Index | Nov 2024 | 47.60 | -1.45% |
US ISM Manufacturing Inventories Index | Nov 2024 | 48.10 | 12.91% |
US ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index | Nov 2024 | 50.40 | 7.01% |
US ISM Manufacturing PMI | Nov 2024 | 48.40 | 4.09% |
US ISM Manufacturing Prices Paid Index | Nov 2024 | 50.30 | -8.21% |
US ISM Manufacturing Production Index | Nov 2024 | 46.80 | 1.30% |
US ISM Manufacturing Supplier Deliveries Index | Nov 2024 | 48.70 | -6.35% |
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 | Oct 2024 | 104.10 | 2.76% |
Japan Industrial Production Index MoM | Oct 2024 | 2.76% | 72.24% |
Japan Manufacturing Inventory | Oct 2024 | 102.30 | 0.00% |
Japan Manufacturing Inventory Ratio | Oct 2024 | 104.60 | -0.85% |
Japan Manufacturing Production | Oct 2024 | 104.10 | 2.76% |
Japan Manufacturing Shipments | Oct 2024 | 102.40 | 2.61% |
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 | Sep 2024 | 24.35B JPY | -22.84% |
Japan FPD Manufacturing Equipment Billings Growth | Sep 2024 | 77.53% | -0.97% |
Japan Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Billings | Sep 2024 | 369.60B JPY | 5.28% |
Japan Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Billings Growth | Sep 2024 | 23.40% | 6.48% |
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 | Oct 2024 | 2.587T USD | 0.10% |
US Business Inventories MoM | Oct 2024 | 0.10% | 315.9% |
US Business Inventories YoY | Oct 2024 | 2.39% | 12.25% |
US Business Inventory/Sales Ratio | Oct 2024 | 1.37 | 0.00% |
US Business Sales | Oct 2024 | 1.883T USD | 0.02% |
US Manufacturers Inventories | Oct 2024 | 856.84B USD | -0.05% |
US Manufacturers Inventory/Sales Ratio | Oct 2024 | 1.46 | 0.00% |
US Manufacturers Sales | Oct 2024 | 585.38B USD | -0.21% |
US Retail Trade Inventories | Oct 2024 | 825.12B USD | 0.17% |
US Retail Trade Inventory/Sales Ratio | Oct 2024 | 1.33 | 0.00% |
US Retail Trade Sales | Oct 2024 | 622.55B USD | 0.39% |
US Wholesalers Inventories | Oct 2024 | 905.02B USD | 0.19% |
US Wholesalers Inventories MoM | Oct 2024 | 0.19% | -- |
US Wholesalers Inventory/Sales Ratio | Oct 2024 | 1.34 | 0.00% |
US Wholesalers Sales | Oct 2024 | 675.07B USD | -0.13% |
US Wholesalers Sales YoY | Oct 2024 | 0.94% | -- |
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 | Nov 2024 | 50.30 | 0.40% |
China Manufacturing Expected Production and Business Activities Index | Nov 2024 | 54.70 | 1.30% |
China Manufacturing New Orders Index | Nov 2024 | 50.80 | 1.60% |
China Manufacturing Production Index | Nov 2024 | 52.40 | 0.77% |
China Manufacturing Raw Materials Purchase Price Index | Nov 2024 | 49.80 | -6.74% |
China Manufacturing Supplier Delivery Time Index | Nov 2024 | 50.20 | 1.21% |
China PMI | Nov 2024 | 50.30 | 0.40% |
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 | Nov 2024 | 45.40 | -0.87% |
China Non-Manufacturing Expected Production and Business Activities Index | Nov 2024 | 57.00 | 1.60% |
China Non-Manufacturing New Orders Index | Nov 2024 | 45.90 | -2.75% |
China Non-Manufacturing PMI | Nov 2024 | 50.00 | -0.40% |
China Non-Manufacturing Supplier Delivery Time Index | Nov 2024 | 51.20 | 0.00% |
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 | Nov 2024 | -5.50 | -- |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Average Workweek Index | Nov 2024 | 17.40 | -- |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Employment Index | Nov 2024 | 8.60 | -- |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future Activity Index | Nov 2024 | 56.60 | 54.22% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future Average Workweek | Nov 2024 | 16.90 | -32.40% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future Employment Index | Nov 2024 | 34.20 | 25.27% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future New Orders Index | Nov 2024 | 66.20 | 65.09% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future Shipments Index | Nov 2024 | 52.10 | 13.76% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Future Unfilled Orders Index | Nov 2024 | 28.80 | 10.34% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing New Orders Index | Nov 2024 | 8.90 | -37.32% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Shipments Index | Nov 2024 | 4.50 | -39.19% |
Philly Fed Manufacturing Unfilled Orders Index | Nov 2024 | 6.80 | -- |
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 | Nov 2024 | 17.00 | 6.25% |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Employment Index | Nov 2024 | -10.00 | -- |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index | Nov 2024 | -14.00 | -- |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing New Order Volumes Index | Nov 2024 | -19.00 | -- |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Order Backlogs Index | Nov 2024 | -27.00 | -- |
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Shipments Index | Nov 2024 | -12.00 | -- |
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 | Nov 2024 | -2.70 | -- |
Texas Manufacturing Company Outlook Index | Nov 2024 | 5.80 | -- |
Texas Manufacturing Future Business Activity Index | Nov 2024 | 31.20 | 5.41% |
Texas Manufacturing Future Company Outlook Index | Nov 2024 | 36.30 | 4.91% |
Texas Manufacturing Growth of Orders Index | Nov 2024 | -12.50 | -- |
Texas Manufacturing New Orders Index | Nov 2024 | -11.90 | -- |
Texas Manufacturing Production Index | Nov 2024 | -0.90 | -- |
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 | Nov 2024 | 0.03% | -- |
Cass Freight Shipments Index | Nov 2024 | 1.092 | 2.76% |
Cass Freight Shipments Index MoM | Nov 2024 | 0.03% | -- |
Cass Freight Shipments Index YoY | Nov 2024 | -0.01% | -- |
Cass Inferred Freight Rates MoM | Nov 2024 | 0.00% | -- |
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 | Oct 2024 | 96.70 | -0.62% |
UK Industrial Production Index MoM | Oct 2024 | -0.60% | -- |
UK Industrial Production Index YoY | Oct 2024 | -0.70% | -- |
UK Industrial Production Index: Electricity, Gas, Steam, and Air Conditioning Supply | Oct 2024 | 100.70 | 1.41% |
UK Industrial Production Index: Manufacturing | Oct 2024 | 99.60 | -0.60% |
UK Industrial Production Index: Mining and Quarrying | Oct 2024 | 81.00 | -3.11% |
UK Industrial Production Index: Production | Oct 2024 | 101.30 | 4.43% |
UK Industrial Production Index: Water Supply, Sewage, Waste Management, and Remediation Activities | Oct 2024 | 94.90 | 0.53% |
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 | Sep 2024 | 19.07M USD | 4.51% |
Asia-Pacific Semiconductor Billings | Sep 2024 | 32.53M USD | 10.40% |
Europe Semiconductor Billings | Sep 2024 | 4.933M USD | 12.64% |
Japan Semiconductor Billings | Sep 2024 | 4.571M USD | 12.19% |
Worldwide Semiconductor Billings | Sep 2024 | 61.10M USD | 8.79% |
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