July 2025 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey - Summary of Returns
Summary of Returns
July 2025
July vs. June Six Months from Now
vs. July
Prev. Prev.
Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff. Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff.
Index Index Index Index
General Business -4.0 31.7 48.7 15.8 15.9 18.3 41.1 29.9 19.6 21.5
Activity
New Orders 2.3 35.2 42.7 16.8 18.4 22.1 47.9 30.0 17.9 30.0
Shipments 8.3 32.4 51.0 8.8 23.7 27.9 45.1 29.1 21.5 23.6
Unfilled Orders 9.3 16.1 63.8 10.4 5.7 18.9 26.9 61.4 8.5 18.4
Delivery Times 13.6 7.9 75.0 12.6 -4.7 24.5 10.4 79.5 0.0 10.4
Inventories 3.6 20.6 46.4 21.8 -1.3 3.6 23.4 53.8 12.7 10.7
Prices Paid 41.4 60.9 30.8 2.1 58.8 68.9 76.6 19.4 1.2 75.3
Prices Received 29.5 34.8 57.6 0.0 34.8 52.5 60.5 32.7 1.1 59.4
Number of Emp. -9.8 16.9 70.4 6.6 10.3 24.6 25.8 67.4 5.7 20.1
Avg. Emp. Wrkwk. -1.6 18.4 56.5 18.0 0.4 13.4 17.7 77.1 5.3 12.4
Capital Ex. -- -- -- -- -- 14.5 22.0 72.9 4.9 17.1
Notes: (1) Diffusion indexes represent the percentage of respondents indicating
an increase minus the percentage indicating a decrease.
(2) All data are seasonally adjusted.
(3) Percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding,
omission by respondents, or both.
(4) Survey results reflect data received through July 14, 2025.
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey
Released: July 17, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. ET.
July 2025 Release
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