Title: Current General Activity; Diffusion Index for Federal Reserve District 3: Philadelphia Series ID: GACDFNA066MNFRBPHI Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Release: Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Index Date Range: 1968-05-01 to 2024-04-01 Last Updated: 2024-04-18 7:46 AM CDT Notes: Current General Activity reports the change in general business activity compared to the previous month for reporting manufacturing firms. The General Business Activity is the broadest measure of the Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey. The diffusion index is calculated by taking the percent reporting increases and subtracting the percentage reporting decreases. For more information about this release from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, visit: http://www.philadelphiafed.org/research-and-data/regional-economy/business-outlook-survey/ . DATE VALUE 1968-05-01 38.0 1968-06-01 21.0 1968-07-01 14.0 1968-08-01 -2.0 1968-09-01 27.0 1968-10-01 7.0 1968-11-01 -1.0 1968-12-01 5.0 1969-01-01 -7.0 1969-02-01 19.0 1969-03-01 38.0 1969-04-01 27.0 1969-05-01 19.0 1969-06-01 21.0 1969-07-01 -22.0 1969-08-01 10.0 1969-09-01 15.0 1969-10-01 13.0 1969-11-01 -17.0 1969-12-01 -26.0 1970-01-01 -9.0 1970-02-01 -17.0 1970-03-01 -21.0 1970-04-01 -8.0 1970-05-01 -15.0 1970-06-01 -6.0 1970-07-01 -14.0 1970-08-01 9.0 1970-09-01 29.0 1970-10-01 6.0 1970-11-01 -6.0 1970-12-01 -7.0 1971-01-01 32.0 1971-02-01 39.0 1971-03-01 43.0 1971-04-01 46.0 1971-05-01 46.0 1971-06-01 34.0 1971-07-01 7.0 1971-08-01 26.0 1971-09-01 49.0 1971-10-01 43.0 1971-11-01 21.0 1971-12-01 14.0 1972-01-01 35.0 1972-02-01 29.0 1972-03-01 48.0 1972-04-01 36.0 1972-05-01 43.0 1972-06-01 37.0 1972-07-01 16.0 1972-08-01 40.0 1972-09-01 44.0 1972-10-01 45.0 1972-11-01 39.0 1972-12-01 33.0 1973-01-01 47.0 1973-02-01 36.0 1973-03-01 67.0 1973-04-01 60.0 1973-05-01 45.0 1973-06-01 34.0 1973-07-01 11.0 1973-08-01 25.0 1973-09-01 9.0 1973-10-01 17.0 1973-11-01 8.0 1973-12-01 -9.0 1974-01-01 -19.0 1974-02-01 -20.0 1974-03-01 -5.0 1974-04-01 -6.0 1974-05-01 0.0 1974-06-01 -4.0 1974-07-01 -21.0 1974-08-01 -9.0 1974-09-01 0.0 1974-10-01 -18.0 1974-11-01 -38.0 1974-12-01 -76.0 1975-01-01 -53.0 1975-02-01 -34.0 1975-03-01 -22.0 1975-04-01 -22.0 1975-05-01 -8.0 1975-06-01 0.0 1975-07-01 2.0 1975-08-01 37.0 1975-09-01 39.0 1975-10-01 44.0 1975-11-01 38.0 1975-12-01 14.0 1976-01-01 2.0 1976-02-01 12.0 1976-03-01 45.0 1976-04-01 52.0 1976-05-01 49.0 1976-06-01 40.0 1976-07-01 15.0 1976-08-01 28.0 1976-09-01 28.0 1976-10-01 30.0 1976-11-01 8.0 1976-12-01 -7.0 1977-01-01 24.0 1977-02-01 27.0 1977-03-01 43.0 1977-04-01 54.0 1977-05-01 41.0 1977-06-01 35.0 1977-07-01 6.0 1977-08-01 26.0 1977-09-01 18.0 1977-10-01 23.0 1977-11-01 13.0 1977-12-01 11.0 1978-01-01 15.0 1978-02-01 5.0 1978-03-01 20.0 1978-04-01 28.0 1978-05-01 37.0 1978-06-01 29.0 1978-07-01 0.0 1978-08-01 31.0 1978-09-01 27.0 1978-10-01 26.6 1978-11-01 10.0 1978-12-01 -12.0 1979-01-01 0.0 1979-02-01 -6.0 1979-03-01 18.0 1979-04-01 6.0 1979-05-01 6.0 1979-06-01 0.0 1979-07-01 -32.0 1979-08-01 -17.0 1979-09-01 -12.0 1979-10-01 -23.0 1979-11-01 -25.0 1979-12-01 -36.0 1980-01-01 -23.0 1980-02-01 -24.0 1980-03-01 -6.0 1980-04-01 -29.0 1980-05-01 -48.0 1980-06-01 -52.0 1980-07-01 -75.0 1980-08-01 -40.0 1980-09-01 5.0 1980-10-01 30.0 1980-11-01 3.0 1980-12-01 -14.0 1981-01-01 -3.0 1981-02-01 3.0 1981-03-01 23.0 1981-04-01 9.0 1981-05-01 14.0 1981-06-01 0.0 1981-07-01 -11.0 1981-08-01 15.0 1981-09-01 25.0 1981-10-01 -7.0 1981-11-01 -34.0 1981-12-01 -58.0 1982-01-01 -26.0 1982-02-01 -17.0 1982-03-01 0.0 1982-04-01 8.0 1982-05-01 0.0 1982-06-01 4.0 1982-07-01 -12.0 1982-08-01 -5.0 1982-09-01 4.0 1982-10-01 17.0 1982-11-01 -8.0 1982-12-01 -11.0 1983-01-01 7.0 1983-02-01 20.0 1983-03-01 50.0 1983-04-01 49.0 1983-05-01 42.0 1983-06-01 44.0 1983-07-01 40.0 1983-08-01 40.0 1983-09-01 57.0 1983-10-01 42.0 1983-11-01 34.0 1983-12-01 14.0 1984-01-01 42.0 1984-02-01 27.0 1984-03-01 53.0 1984-04-01 48.0 1984-05-01 36.0 1984-06-01 29.0 1984-07-01 -12.0 1984-08-01 23.0 1984-09-01 37.0 1984-10-01 22.0 1984-11-01 -8.0 1984-12-01 -25.0 1985-01-01 2.1 1985-02-01 13.7 1985-03-01 47.7 1985-04-01 19.6 1985-05-01 11.8 1985-06-01 -2.1 1985-07-01 -2.5 1985-08-01 6.4 1985-09-01 16.7 1985-10-01 13.4 1985-11-01 10.2 1985-12-01 -12.7 1986-01-01 19.7 1986-02-01 23.6 1986-03-01 30.0 1986-04-01 10.6 1986-05-01 6.2 1986-06-01 1.7 1986-07-01 -3.5 1986-08-01 6.9 1986-09-01 25.4 1986-10-01 16.6 1986-11-01 8.2 1986-12-01 -1.8 1987-01-01 3.5 1987-02-01 12.9 1987-03-01 19.6 1987-04-01 20.3 1987-05-01 25.0 1987-06-01 11.8 1987-07-01 0.0 1987-08-01 30.8 1987-09-01 40.9 1987-10-01 34.7 1987-11-01 4.6 1987-12-01 13.3 1988-01-01 0.0 1988-02-01 20.4 1988-03-01 25.5 1988-04-01 32.5 1988-05-01 25.3 1988-06-01 17.2 1988-07-01 8.2 1988-08-01 17.0 1988-09-01 39.7 1988-10-01 33.9 1988-11-01 19.6 1988-12-01 0.0 1989-01-01 23.2 1989-02-01 20.0 1989-03-01 30.0 1989-04-01 11.0 1989-05-01 0.0 1989-06-01 -6.7 1989-07-01 -30.9 1989-08-01 -7.5 1989-09-01 7.6 1989-10-01 -1.8 1989-11-01 -13.1 1989-12-01 -25.0 1990-01-01 -13.2 1990-02-01 -24.0 1990-03-01 -9.6 1990-04-01 0.0 1990-05-01 -3.6 1990-06-01 -7.4 1990-07-01 -31.5 1990-08-01 -17.1 1990-09-01 -31.8 1990-10-01 -44.5 1990-11-01 -37.0 1990-12-01 -59.7 1991-01-01 -36.9 1991-02-01 -24.7 1991-03-01 1.4 1991-04-01 4.1 1991-05-01 18.1 1991-06-01 13.6 1991-07-01 6.7 1991-08-01 26.7 1991-09-01 29.4 1991-10-01 12.5 1991-11-01 -8.3 1991-12-01 -40.3 1992-01-01 -5.8 1992-02-01 -1.4 1992-03-01 29.4 1992-04-01 31.3 1992-05-01 31.3 1992-06-01 13.6 1992-07-01 13.1 1992-08-01 15.2 1992-09-01 29.5 1992-10-01 -1.0 1992-11-01 8.9 1992-12-01 5.8 1993-01-01 28.6 1993-02-01 32.9 1993-03-01 31.9 1993-04-01 34.2 1993-05-01 27.8 1993-06-01 0.0 1993-07-01 -18.9 1993-08-01 -2.9 1993-09-01 15.0 1993-10-01 14.3 1993-11-01 10.3 1993-12-01 23.0 1994-01-01 26.1 1994-02-01 21.5 1994-03-01 36.8 1994-04-01 26.5 1994-05-01 32.8 1994-06-01 19.7 1994-07-01 1.5 1994-08-01 15.9 1994-09-01 26.4 1994-10-01 32.8 1994-11-01 16.7 1994-12-01 5.0 1995-01-01 8.5 1995-02-01 10.0 1995-03-01 20.0 1995-04-01 -3.3 1995-05-01 0.0 1995-06-01 -26.0 1995-07-01 -37.3 1995-08-01 0.0 1995-09-01 33.9 1995-10-01 28.6 1995-11-01 -3.2 1995-12-01 0.0 1996-01-01 -14.9 1996-02-01 6.4 1996-03-01 16.1 1996-04-01 28.2 1996-05-01 26.7 1996-06-01 17.0 1996-07-01 14.6 1996-08-01 14.6 1996-09-01 21.3 1996-10-01 14.2 1996-11-01 0.7 1996-12-01 -14.1 1997-01-01 11.7 1997-02-01 18.4 1997-03-01 35.2 1997-04-01 13.7 1997-05-01 9.0 1997-06-01 14.5 1997-07-01 6.2 1997-08-01 19.6 1997-09-01 28.1 1997-10-01 23.2 1997-11-01 7.1 1997-12-01 -9.1 1998-01-01 16.8 1998-02-01 14.6 1998-03-01 34.4 1998-04-01 17.2 1998-05-01 22.9 1998-06-01 20.7 1998-07-01 -5.4 1998-08-01 13.0 1998-09-01 -4.0 1998-10-01 4.9 1998-11-01 -19.3 1998-12-01 -22.1 1999-01-01 11.7 1999-02-01 16.4 1999-03-01 29.6 1999-04-01 30.5 1999-05-01 25.4 1999-06-01 3.1 1999-07-01 -4.5 1999-08-01 15.6 1999-09-01 24.7 1999-10-01 14.5 1999-11-01 5.1 1999-12-01 -12.7 2000-01-01 9.7 2000-02-01 16.4 2000-03-01 45.0 2000-04-01 20.9 2000-05-01 28.0 2000-06-01 0.0 2000-07-01 -10.5 2000-08-01 18.2 2000-09-01 16.7 2000-10-01 -1.7 2000-11-01 -9.2 2000-12-01 -33.9 2001-01-01 -37.3 2001-02-01 -27.4 2001-03-01 4.3 2001-04-01 0.8 2001-05-01 3.0 2001-06-01 -9.5 2001-07-01 -28.0 2001-08-01 -17.9 2001-09-01 2.2 2001-10-01 -28.6 2001-11-01 -34.1 2001-12-01 -35.2 2002-01-01 11.0 2002-02-01 14.0 2002-03-01 35.8 2002-04-01 24.5 2002-05-01 24.0 2002-06-01 18.4 2002-07-01 -8.9 2002-08-01 -1.1 2002-09-01 13.3 2002-10-01 -13.2 2002-11-01 -9.5 2002-12-01 -15.4 2003-01-01 7.0 2003-02-01 2.9 2003-03-01 17.8 2003-04-01 5.2 2003-05-01 11.8 2003-06-01 2.0 2003-07-01 -6.5 2003-08-01 21.9 2003-09-01 27.5 2003-10-01 22.3 2003-11-01 9.9 2003-12-01 5.4 2004-01-01 38.6 2004-02-01 34.0 2004-03-01 49.4 2004-04-01 44.2 2004-05-01 40.0 2004-06-01 28.7 2004-07-01 20.9 2004-08-01 28.6 2004-09-01 24.4 2004-10-01 21.6 2004-11-01 2.7 2004-12-01 4.7 2005-01-01 16.3 2005-02-01 28.1 2005-03-01 33.4 2005-04-01 36.8 2005-05-01 19.4 2005-06-01 -3.5 2005-07-01 -5.0 2005-08-01 16.9 2005-09-01 10.7 2005-10-01 0.0 2005-11-01 -5.8 2005-12-01 -8.1 2006-01-01 8.3 2006-02-01 21.3 2006-03-01 31.5 2006-04-01 25.0 2006-05-01 23.5 2006-06-01 9.6 2006-07-01 -8.6 2006-08-01 19.7 2006-09-01 3.3 2006-10-01 -2.3 2006-11-01 -11.3 2006-12-01 -23.3 2007-01-01 10.2 2007-02-01 8.7 2007-03-01 18.8 2007-04-01 13.5 2007-05-01 14.1 2007-06-01 15.5 2007-07-01 -5.9 2007-08-01 7.1 2007-09-01 11.9 2007-10-01 2.2 2007-11-01 -8.5 2007-12-01 -26.7 2008-01-01 -15.1 2008-02-01 -15.6 2008-03-01 1.2 2008-04-01 -10.6 2008-05-01 -5.6 2008-06-01 -19.3 2008-07-01 -29.1 2008-08-01 -11.4 2008-09-01 6.5 2008-10-01 -43.7 2008-11-01 -55.3 2008-12-01 -58.0 2009-01-01 -27.4 2009-02-01 -34.6 2009-03-01 -17.9 2009-04-01 -13.9 2009-05-01 -11.9 2009-06-01 -3.8 2009-07-01 -20.0 2009-08-01 13.0 2009-09-01 18.7 2009-10-01 7.1 2009-11-01 1.2 2009-12-01 -1.5 2010-01-01 17.5 2010-02-01 19.4 2010-03-01 32.4 2010-04-01 28.6 2010-05-01 31.2 2010-06-01 9.2 2010-07-01 -6.0 2010-08-01 5.3 2010-09-01 7.5 2010-10-01 -3.7 2010-11-01 4.9 2010-12-01 0.0 2011-01-01 20.5 2011-02-01 34.2 2011-03-01 55.7 2011-04-01 26.8 2011-05-01 13.9 2011-06-01 -7.9 2011-07-01 -7.0 2011-08-01 -19.8 2011-09-01 -8.2 2011-10-01 3.8 2011-11-01 -9.8 2011-12-01 -10.5 2012-01-01 10.5 2012-02-01 14.6 2012-03-01 29.0 2012-04-01 20.2 2012-05-01 4.9 2012-06-01 -20.6 2012-07-01 -26.1 2012-08-01 -3.7 2012-09-01 2.6 2012-10-01 -1.3 2012-11-01 -23.7 2012-12-01 -9.2 2013-01-01 0.0 2013-02-01 -2.9 2013-03-01 22.4 2013-04-01 15.0 2013-05-01 4.6 2013-06-01 5.2 2013-07-01 2.8 2013-08-01 7.6 2013-09-01 23.7 2013-10-01 14.3 2013-11-01 -7.8 2013-12-01 -6.8 2014-01-01 15.1 2014-02-01 2.7 2014-03-01 32.8 2014-04-01 30.6 2014-05-01 21.7 2014-06-01 8.5 2014-07-01 8.7 2014-08-01 22.7 2014-09-01 25.9 2014-10-01 19.4 2014-11-01 23.8 2014-12-01 11.3 2015-01-01 11.4 2015-02-01 9.9 2015-03-01 27.1 2015-04-01 22.1 2015-05-01 10.1 2015-06-01 4.1 2015-07-01 -8.4 2015-08-01 5.5 2015-09-01 1.3 2015-10-01 -4.1 2015-11-01 -14.5 2015-12-01 -18.9 2016-01-01 -7.3 2016-02-01 -7.2 2016-03-01 28.3 2016-04-01 9.1 2016-05-01 0.0 2016-06-01 1.4 2016-07-01 -11.3 2016-08-01 4.5 2016-09-01 17.4 2016-10-01 11.1 2016-11-01 0.0 2016-12-01 12.7 2017-01-01 21.2 2017-02-01 40.0 2017-03-01 50.0 2017-04-01 31.8 2017-05-01 40.3 2017-06-01 25.4 2017-07-01 9.2 2017-08-01 19.4 2017-09-01 29.4 2017-10-01 27.4 2017-11-01 15.0 2017-12-01 19.7 2018-01-01 19.4 2018-02-01 31.5 2018-03-01 40.6 2018-04-01 31.4 2018-05-01 39.3 2018-06-01 19.0 2018-07-01 11.3 2018-08-01 8.5 2018-09-01 26.6 2018-10-01 20.7 2018-11-01 3.2 2018-12-01 1.6 2019-01-01 11.3 2019-02-01 0.0 2019-03-01 30.2 2019-04-01 15.8 2019-05-01 24.1 2019-06-01 -1.7 2019-07-01 8.8 2019-08-01 11.5 2019-09-01 17.3 2019-10-01 7.0 2019-11-01 1.8 2019-12-01 -6.7 2020-01-01 13.3 2020-02-01 37.5 2020-03-01 1.7 2020-04-01 -52.4 2020-05-01 -37.7 2020-06-01 23.9 2020-07-01 17.3 2020-08-01 15.8 2020-09-01 20.0 2020-10-01 32.5 2020-11-01 20.4 2020-12-01 1.8 2021-01-01 26.4 2021-02-01 29.4 2021-03-01 58.9 2021-04-01 54.4 2021-05-01 39.0 2021-06-01 27.6 2021-07-01 15.1 2021-08-01 18.0 2021-09-01 35.7 2021-10-01 24.0 2021-11-01 33.3 2021-12-01 6.1 2022-01-01 19.5 2022-02-01 16.7 2022-03-01 41.8 2022-04-01 21.8 2022-05-01 9.5 2022-06-01 -6.9 2022-07-01 -19.1 2022-08-01 4.8 2022-09-01 -4.9 2022-10-01 -8.5 2022-11-01 -25.6 2022-12-01 -23.1 2023-01-01 -9.7 2023-02-01 -20.5 2023-03-01 -4.8 2023-04-01 -22.5 2023-05-01 -5.3 2023-06-01 -17.9 2023-07-01 -25.0 2023-08-01 11.1 2023-09-01 -11.5 2023-10-01 -10.8 2023-11-01 -15.8 2023-12-01 -20.0 2024-01-01 -10.3 2024-02-01 2.6 2024-03-01 20.6 2024-04-01 18.8