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Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index  
Released On 12/20/2018 8:30:00 AM For Dec, 2018
 PriorConsensusConsensus RangeActual
Index12.9 16.5 11.2  to 22.0 9.4 
US 6-Mo ChartGlobal Current
performance relative to consensus

Consensus Outlook
A bounce back to a stronger rate of growth at 16.5 is the call for December's Philly Fed manufacturing index which in November missed expectations at 12.9. Growth in new orders slowed noticeably in November at the same time that backlog orders contracted, factors that may limit strength in December.

Relative Performance Index

Econoday's RPI provides a handy summary measure of how an economy has recently been evolving relative to market expectations.
A reading above zero means that the economy in general has been performing more strongly than expected and vice versa for a reading below zero. The closer is the value to the maximum (+100) or minimum (-100) levels, the greater is the degree to which markets have been under- or over-estimating economic activity. A zero outturn would imply that, on average, the market consensus has been correct. Note too that the index is sensitized to place extra weight upon those indicators that investors consider to be the most important.

 

Definition
The general conditions index from this business outlook survey is a diffusion index of manufacturing conditions within the Philadelphia Federal Reserve district. This survey, widely followed as an indicator of manufacturing sector trends, is correlated with the ISM manufacturing index and the index of industrial production. Why Investors Care

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