Empire State Manufacturing Survey

March Empire State Manufacturing Index was just released, and it came in better than expected. Economists expected a reading of 17, and it came in at 17.5. Import Prices for February came in at 1.4%, versus expectations of 0.9%. Last month was revised to 1.3% from 1.5% Export prices came in at...

November CPI was just released and it came in at at 0.1%, versus 0.2% expectations. Excluding auto and food, CPI rose 0.1%, which was in line with expectations. Empire State manufacturing index came in much better than expected. It showed a reading of 10.57, versus expectations of 3.0. Stock...

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey was just released for the month of August, and results missed estimates. The index showed a reading of 7.10, versus expectations of a reading of 8.0. In the report, it showed that the employment index rose to 14.3 from 7.9. In the new orders section, it showed...

This shows that although the business sector is growing, July has yielded slower growth than the previous months since the peak in April 2010, according to the Calculated Risk blog. The index number of employees drifted downward for a second consecutive month, showing 22.4 in May to 12.4 in June,...