Last month 32.3

The August Dallas Fed manufacturing activity index came in at 30.9 versus 30.0 estimate. The prior month was at 32.3.

  • Production 29.3 versus 29.4
  • new orders 23.9 versus 23.3
  • employment 28.9 versus 28.9
  • wages and benefits 33.4 versus 32.4
  • prices paid for raw materials 45.3 versus 48.6
  • prices received for finished goods 15.3 versus 22.9
  • growth rate of orders 19.9 versus 17.0
  • capacity utilization 25.2 versus 25.0
  • unfilled orders 9.1 versus 14.9
  • hours worked 19.0 versus 22.2
  • capital expenditures 25.1 versus 26.6

The Company Outlook Index came in at 27.3 versus 20.4 last month.

Overall, although there is a slowing the index remains near high levels.

The high for the year is at 38.4 and the low is at 21.8.