Manufacturing is a dynamic and changing industry. Explore and analyze the current state of manufacturing and its potential future direction. To this end, several manufacturing indicators are listed below to paint a picture. These indicators were chosen to represent a current snapshot of different dimensions of the industry and its performance. The indicators are updated as new data becomes available. Links to the sources of these indicators are provided when available.
Manufacturing Data & Trends Contact: Kenneth P. Voytek [1]
DATA RESOURCES
Capacity Utilization
Federal Reserve [2]
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
Productivity
Bureau of Labor Statistics [3]
Labor Productivity & Costs
Employment, Hours & Earnings
Bureau of Labor Statistics [4]
Current Employment Statistics
Balance of Trade
U.S. Census Bureau [5]
Foreign Trade
New Orders, Inventories
U.S. Census Bureau [6]
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories & Orders
Profits
U.S. Census Bureau [7]
Quarterly Financial Report
Purchasing Managers Index
Institute for Supply Management [8]
ISM Report on Business
Original post at http://www.nist.gov/mep/state-of-mfg/index.cfm [9]