Kansas City Fed: "Tenth District Manufacturing Activity Decreased Further" in April, Lowest Reading on Record

From the Kansas City Fed: Tenth District Manufacturing Activity Decreased Further Tenth District manufacturing activity decreased further to the lowest reading in survey history (since 1994), while expectations for future activity improved but remained slightly negative. Month-over-month price indexes declined again in April, but District firms expected prices to rise slightly in the next six months. The month-over-month composite index was -30 in April, the lowest composite reading in survey history , and down considerably from -17 in March and 5 in February. The composite index is an......(read more)

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