Highlights of the Philadelphia area manufacturing survey:

  • Best reading since 1994 Dec 1993
  • Prior was 20.7
  • Employment 22.4 vs 12.1 prior
  • Prices paid 17.3 vs 27.6 prior
  • New orders 35.7 vs 17.3 — highest since 1988
  • Full report (pdf)

That’s an off-the-charts reading, the kind where you have to do a double-take.

Philly Fed

Philly Fed