Richmond Fed Manufacturing index for April.

Richmond Fed manufacturing index dips to 3 versus 10 estimate
  • Manufacturing index 3 vs 10 estimate.
  • Prior month 10
  • Services index 26 in April vs 5 in March
  • Shipments come in at -2 in April vs +2 in March
  • New orders -2 vs 9 last month
  • number of employees 18 versus 23.1 last month
  • Wages 25 versus 33 last month
  • Available skills -8 versus -14 last
  • Average workweek -11 versus 5 last month
  • Backlog of orders -12 versus -13 last month
  • Capacity utilization -7 versus 1 last month
  • Vendor lead time 13 versus 7 classroom
  • Local business conditions 11 versus 12 last month
  • Capital expenditures 13 versus 6 last month
  • prices paid 3.04 versus 2.84 last month
  • Prices received 1.84 versus 2.07 last month