The Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey business conditions indicator measures activity in the following states: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, western Missouri, and northern New Mexico.
Quarterly data for this indicator dates back to 1995, but monthly data is only available from 2001. New seasonal adjustment factors were introduced in January 2017 and slight revisions were made to previous data as a result.
Here is an excerpt from the latest report:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. –The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released the September Manufacturing Survey today. According to Chad Wilkerson, vice president and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, the survey revealed that Tenth District manufacturing activity continued to expand at a solid pace and that firms remained optimistic about the future.
“Factories in the region reported another good month in September, with little impact overall from the Gulf Coast hurricanes,” said Wilkerson. [Full PDF release here]
Here is a snapshot of the complete Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey.
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The next chart is an overlay of the general and future outlook indexes — the outlook six months ahead. Future factory indexes increased in September to 26 from last month's 23.
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For comparison, here is the latest ISM Manufacturing survey.
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Let's compare all five Regional Manufacturing indicators. Here is a three-month moving average overlay of each since 2001 (for those with data).
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Here is the same chart including the average of the five.
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