Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey
The Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey is a monthly survey of manufacturers in the Third Federal Reserve District. Participants indicate the direction of change in overall business activity and in the various measures of activity at their plants: employment, working hours, new and unfilled orders, shipments, inventories, delivery times, prices paid, and prices received. The survey has been conducted each month since May 1968.
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For those who wish to know the exact order of publication, our intention, in the ordinary course, is for the .txt file containing all release details to precede all other supplemental web and historical data files. As an example, you can download the January 2016 release.
Recent Releases
Last updated: September 19, 2024, 8:30 AM EST
- September 2024 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey
- August 2024 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey
- July 2024 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey
- June 2024 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey
- May 2024 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey
- April 2024 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey
- March 2024 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey
- February 2024 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey
- January 2024 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey
- Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey – Seasonal Adjustment Revisions for 2024
RELEASE ARCHIVE
Resources
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The Philly Fed Index Turns 50 with Steadfast Success, Economic Insights, Fourth Quarter 2018
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What Does the Philadelphia Fed's Business Outlook Survey Say About Local Activity? Research Rap Special Report, December 2008
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Useful background information about the survey was published in the Business Review: September/October 1998 and Fourth Quarter 2003.
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Archives: PDF versions of the Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey are available for download in ZIP archives.