The Empire State Manufacturing Survey: December 2011

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey consists of a series of diffusion indices distilled from a monthly survey of New York regional manufacturing executives and seeks to identify trends across 22 different current and future manufacturing related activities.

Today’s report showed a notable improvement for both current and future assessments of manufacturing activity with the current activity index climbing to 9.53 while future activity jumped to just 52.33.

Current prices paid increased to 24.42 while current new orders improved 5.1 and assessments of future new orders improved to 54.65.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey: November 2011

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey consists of a series of diffusion indices distilled from a monthly survey of New York regional manufacturing executives and seeks to identify trends across 22 different current and future manufacturing related activities.

Today’s report showed an improvement for both current and future assessments of manufacturing activity with the current activity index climbing to a weak 0.61 while future activity jumped to just 39.02.

Current prices paid declined to 18.29 while current new orders weakened to -2.07 and assessments of future new orders improved to 35.37.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey: October 2011

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey consists of a series of diffusion indices distilled from a monthly survey of New York regional manufacturing executives and seeks to identify trends across 22 different current and future manufacturing related activities.

Today’s report showed continued notable weakness and again indicated contraction for current manufacturing activity with the current activity index remaining below zero at -8.48 while assessments of future activity worsened with the future activity index falling to just 6.74.

Current prices paid declined to 22.47 while current new orders improved to 0.16 and assessments of future new orders slipping to 12.36.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey: September 2011

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey consists of a series of diffusion indices distilled from a monthly survey of New York regional manufacturing executives and seeks to identify trends across 22 different current and future manufacturing related activities.

Today’s report showed continued notable weakness and again indicated contraction for current manufacturing activity with the current activity index declining further below zero at -8.82 while assessments of future activity improved slightly with the future activity index climbing to just 13.04.

Current prices paid increased to 32.61 while current new orders weakened to -8 and assessments of future new orders improved to 13.04.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey: August 2011

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey consists of a series of diffusion indices distilled from a monthly survey of New York regional manufacturing executives and seeks to identify trends across 22 different current and future manufacturing related activities.



Today’s report showed continued notable weakness and again indicated contraction for current manufacturing activity with the current activity index declining further below zero at -7.72 while assessments of future activity worsened with the future activity index dropping to just 8.7.



Current prices paid declined to 28.26 while current new orders weakened to -7.82 and assessments of future new orders plunged to 6.52.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey: July 2011

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey consists of a series of diffusion indices distilled from a monthly survey of New York regional manufacturing executives and seeks to identify trends across 22 different current and future manufacturing related activities.

Today’s report showed continued weakness and indicated contraction for current manufacturing activity with the current activity index remaining below zero at -3.76 while assessments of future activity improved with the future activity index climbing to 32.22.

Current prices paid declined to 43.33 while current new orders weakened to -5.54 and assessments of future new orders improved to 25.56.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey: June 2011

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey consists of a series of diffusion indices distilled from a monthly survey of New York regional manufacturing executives and seeks to identify trends across 22 different current and future manufacturing related activities.

Today’s report showed notable overall weakness and indicated contraction for current manufacturing activity with the current activity index declining to -7.79 while assessments of future activity declined as well with the future activity index declining to 22.45.

Current prices paid registered the first decline in seven months falling to 56.12 while current new orders declined to -3.61 and assessments of future new orders plunging to 15.31.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey: May 2011

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey consists of a series of diffusion indices distilled from a monthly survey of New York regional manufacturing executives and seeks to identify trends across 22 different current and future manufacturing related activities.

Today’s report indicated expansion for current activity but at a slower pace than month while assessments of future activity improved slightly with the current business conditions index falling to 11.88 while the future conditions index increasing to 52.69.

Current prices paid registered a seventh consecutive monthly increase climbing to 69.89, the second highest level seen since the series began in 2001, while current new orders declined to 17.19 with future new orders climbing slightly to 47.31.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey: April 2011

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey consists of a series of diffusion indices distilled from a monthly survey of New York regional manufacturing executives and seeks to identify trends across 22 different current and future manufacturing related activities.

Today’s report indicated expansion for current activity and slight slowing for future activity with the current business conditions index climbing to 21.7 while the future conditions index declined slightly to 47.44.

Current prices paid registered a fifth consecutive monthly increase climbing to 57.69 while current new orders jumped to 22.34 with future new orders climbing slightly to 43.59.