Dallas Fed manufacturing index
- Manufacturing indes, -12.9 vs -22.6 last month
- Employment 15.6 vs 17.6 last month
- Hours worked 14.4 from 9.5 last month
- New orders -4.4 from -9.2 last month
- Production 1.2 vs 3.8 last month
- Raw material price paid 34.4 vs 38.4 last month
- Prices received 26.8 vs 29.3 last month month
- Shipments 3.4 vs 4.3 last month
- Growth rate of new orders -14.7 vs -12.0 last month
- Finished goods inventories 1.2 vs 4.7 last month
- Wages and benefits 45.8 vs 38.1 last month
- Capital expenditures 14.2 vs 4.2 last month
The data is better than last month but still negative indicative of a contractionary manufacturing sector.