U.S. National Studies and Indicators

• Bureau of the Census
  Manufacturing economic indicators such as wholesale trade, manufactuirng shipments, inventories, and orders.
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  Major economic indicators such as employment, unemployment, inflation and prices, pay and benefits, and productivity.
• NAM/IndustryWeek Manufacturing Index
  Analysis of the manufacturing industry by NAM and IndustryWeek.
• Manufacturing Barometer
  PricewaterhouseCoopers' Manufacturing Barometer is a quarterly survey of executives in large, US-based, multinational industrial manufacturing businesses.
• ASMC Next Generation Manufacturing Study
  The ASMC and member Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers commissioned the Next Generation Manufacturing Study to assess the country’s progress in implementing Next Generation Manufacturing (NGM) strategies.
• State of Manufacturing
  In an effort to analyze the current state of the manufacturing industry and look forward to emerging trends, several manufacturing indicators are listed below. These indicators were chosen to point to different aspects of manufacturing in order to provide a broad-based view of the industry as a whole.
• Institute for Supply Management, Report on Business
  The national report's information reflects the entire United States, while the regional reports contain primarily regional data from their local vicinities.

U.S. Regional Studies

• Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Business Outlook Surveys
  The Business Outlook Survey is a monthly survey of manufacturers in the Third Federal Reserve District.
• Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Research and Data
  A monthly estimate by major industry of manufacturing output in the Seventh Federal Reserve District states of lllinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Empire State Manufacturing Survey
  The monthly survey of manufacturers in New York State conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas Manufacturing Survey
  A monthly survey of manufactureres in Texas conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
• Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Manufacturng Survey
  This monthly survey is sent to contacts whose firm type, firm size and location collectively match the profile of overall manufacturing in the Fifth District.
• Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Manufacturing Survey
  A yearly seruvey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
• Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Manufacturing Survey
  A monthly Survey of Manufacturers provides information on current manufacturing activity in the Tenth District. The accumulated results also help trace longer term trends. The survey monitors manufacturing plants selected according to geographic distribution, industry mix, and size. Survey results reveal changes in several indicators of manufacturing activity, including production and shipments, and identify changes in prices of raw materials and finished products.



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