Composite reading from the Chicago Fed

US Chicago Fed July national activity chart
  • Prior was +0.09 (revised to -0.01)
  • Was +0.26 in May (revised to +0.15)

This report is a composite reading of 85 already-released economic indicators. Anything above zero is positive and is broken into four broad categories:

  • production and income;
  • employment, unemployment, and hours;
  • personal consumption and housing;
  • sales, orders, and inventories

The gain this month was led by improvements in production but three of the four categories were positive.