Dallas Fed manufacturing activity for April 2020
- Prior month saw the index plunge from 1.2 to -70.0.
- Employment, -21.2 versus -23.0 last month
- new orders -67.0 versus -41.3 last month
- shipments -56.6 versus -33.8 last month
- price is paid -19.6 versus -5.9 last month
- prices received -24.6 versus -9.2 last month
- production -55.3 versus -35.3 last month
- growth rate of new orders -62.2 versus -44.9 last month
- unfilled orders -25.7 versus -22.4 last month
- delivery time -14.3 versus -3.0 last month
- inventories -8.8 versus -6.5 last month
- wages and benefits -2.7 versus +5.5 last month
- hours worked -40.2 versus -22.4 last month
- capital expenditures -54.3 versus -34.3 last month
- company outlook -62.6 versus -65.6 last month
All components with the exception of employment and company outlook declined. The index is at the lowest level on record.
