Kansas City Fed manufacturing activity from May 2019

  • Kansas City Fed manufacturing activity index comes in at 4 vs 6 est
  • prior month was at 5
  • prices paid 13 versus 15 last month
  • new orders for versus 10 last month
  • new orders for exports 6 versus 8 last month
  • number of employees 5 versus 2 last month
  • average employee work week 2
  • shipments -2 versus 9 last month
  • production 2 versus 12 last month

The survey, conducted on a monthly basis by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, tracks sentiment among manufacturers in the Kansas City Fed's district which includes Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and the northern half of New Mexico and the western third of Missouri