Empire Fed

Details:

  • New orders -4.9 versus- 4.2 last month
  • Shipments +10.0 versus +1.4 last month
  • Prices paid +22.5 versus +25.5 last month
  • Prices received +11.1 versus +11.7 last month
  • Employment -4.5 versus +3.1 last month
  • average employee work week -3.8 versus +2.2 last month
  • Unfilled orders -23.2 versus -19.1 last month
  • Delivery times -6.1 versus -6.4 last month.
  • Inventories +9.1 versus -2.1 last month

Manufacturing is recovering from a recession.