Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia  

Release: Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey  

Units:  Index, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Future Employment forecasts the change in employment over the next six months for reporting manufacturing firms. 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/ .

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York  

Release: Business Leaders Survey  

Units:  Index, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Future Employment reports the likely direction of employment for the service sector over the six months ahead for the state of New York, Northern New Jersey, and Fairfield County, Connecticut. For more information regarding the Business Leaders Survey release from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York visit: http://www.newyorkfed.org/survey/business_leaders/bls_overview.html.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas  

Release: Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey  

Units:  Index, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Future Employment reports the likely direction of employment for the manufacturing sector over the six months ahead for the state of Texas. Survey responses are used to calculate an index for each indicator. Each index is calculated by subtracting the percentage of respondents reporting a decrease from the percentage reporting an increase. When the share of firms reporting an increase exceeds the share of firms reporting a decrease, the index will be greater than zero, suggesting the indicator has increased over the prior month. If the share of firms reporting a decrease exceeds the share reporting an increase, the index will be below zero, suggesting the indicator has decreased over the prior month. An index will be zero when the number of firms reporting an increase is equal to the number of firms reporting a decrease. For further information regarding the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey release from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas visit: https://www.dallasfed.org/research/surveys/tmos.aspx#tab-reports.