US - Kansas City Manufacturing PMI

by Eduardo Petazze
Last updated: September 24, 2015
In September 2015, for the seventh consecutive month, manufacturing activity in the US Tenth District has declined, at a similar pace as in the previous 3-months
The purpose of this is to restate the monthly survey compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City on manufacturing activity, like a PMI indicator, facilitating
comparison with other indicator. Latest Press Release: September 2015 pdf, 5 pages
Kansas City Fed's monthly Survey of Tenth District Manufacturers
Oct'14 Nov'14 Dec'14 Jan'15 Feb'15 Mar'15 Apr'15 May'15 Jun'15 Jul'15 Aug'15 Sep'15 Monthly
52.0
53.0
54.0
51.5
50.5
48.0
46.5
43.5
45.5
46.5
45.5
46.0
-1.0
51.5
54.5
53.5
49.0
52.5
49.0
49.0
43.5
39.5
47.5
42.0
50.5
-5.5
51.0
53.5
54.0
47.5
53.5
50.0
46.5
45.5
42.5
49.0
42.5
48.0
-6.5
51.5
50.0
57.0
46.0
45.0
40.0
44.0
40.5
48.5
47.0
45.5
46.0
-1.5
47.0
50.5
52.5
40.0
42.0
39.5
37.5
39.5
42.0
43.0
39.5
44.0
-3.5
53.0
54.0
54.0
50.0
48.0
49.0
41.0
41.5
45.5
40.5
45.0
46.5
4.5
49.0
50.5
51.0
45.0
50.5
41.5
45.0
43.0
43.5
41.0
46.5
44.0
5.5
50.5
52.5
50.5
48.5
48.5
47.0
45.0
48.0
49.0
51.0
45.0
46.5
-6.0
57.5
56.0
53.5
54.0
47.0
44.0
46.5
47.0
56.5
54.0
46.0
46.5
-8.0
45.5
54.0
50.0
46.5
43.5
45.5
44.0
45.5
47.5
45.0
48.0
48.5
3.0
52.0
53.5
52.5
55.0
56.0
51.5
47.0
46.5
49.5
51.0
50.5
47.0
-0.5
52.5
54.0
53.5
56.0
51.5
49.5
52.5
44.5
45.0
46.5
44.0
40.0
-2.5
48.0
52.0
53.0
54.0
51.5
49.0
49.5
50.0
47.0
47.0
46.0
48.5
-1.0

(seasonally adjusted)
Sep'14
Composite Index
53.0
Production
55.5
Volume of shipments
56.5
Volume of new orders
52.5
Backlog of orders
48.0
Number of employees
53.5
Average employee workweek
51.5
Prices received for finished product
51.5
Prices paid for raw materials
59.5
New orders for exports
49.5
Supplier delivery time
53.5
Inventories: Materials
51.0
Inventories: Finished goods
51.0
Seasonally adjusted using Census X-12
(not seasonally adjusted)
Sep'14 Oct'14 Nov'14 Dec'14 Jan'15 Feb'15 Mar'15 Apr'15 May'15 Jun'15 Jul'15 Aug'15 Sep'15 Annual
Composite Index
53.0
50.0
51.5
50.0
50.5
50.5
49.5
48.5
46.0
46.5
47.5
46.0
46.0
-7.0
Production
54.0
48.0
51.0
46.5
47.5
51.5
53.0
53.0
48.5
42.0
49.5
42.0
49.0
-5.0
Volume of shipments
55.5
47.5
49.5
48.5
46.5
51.5
54.5
51.5
49.0
44.5
50.5
42.5
47.0
-8.5
Volume of new orders
52.0
47.0
46.5
50.0
48.5
47.0
46.5
48.0
44.5
46.0
46.5
46.0
45.0
-7.0
Backlog of orders
47.5
44.5
48.5
46.5
42.0
42.0
41.5
41.5
41.5
43.5
41.5
40.0
43.5
-4.0
Number of employees
53.5
50.0
53.5
51.5
48.0
47.5
48.0
43.5
43.5
47.5
42.0
46.0
46.5
-7.0
Average employee workweek
52.0
48.0
49.5
48.5
43.0
49.0
42.5
47.0
45.5
46.0
41.5
46.0
44.5
-7.5
Prices received for finished product
52.5
50.5
51.5
49.5
49.5
50.0
48.0
46.5
47.0
48.0
50.0
44.5
47.0
-5.5
Prices paid for raw materials
59.5
56.0
53.5
51.5
54.0
50.0
49.0
46.5
47.5
55.0
52.5
46.0
46.5
-13.0
New orders for exports
49.5
45.0
52.5
48.5
47.0
44.5
47.0
44.0
46.0
46.5
45.5
48.5
48.5
-1.0
Supplier delivery time
55.0
52.5
53.5
52.0
54.5
55.0
51.0
48.0
47.0
50.0
51.0
50.0
48.5
-6.5
Inventories: Materials
51.0
52.5
53.5
50.5
53.5
50.5
50.0
51.0
46.5
47.5
48.5
46.0
40.0
-11.0
Inventories: Finished goods
51.5
47.0
53.0
52.5
52.5
51.5
49.0
48.5
51.0
47.5
46.5
47.0
48.5
-3.0
The diffusion index has been reformulated as 100% of respondents reported increases plus 50% of respondents reported stable or no change.