Posted November 27, 2013
Midwest manufacturing improves
The Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index increased 0.4% in October, to a
seasonally adjusted level of 97.4.
Revised data show the index was up 0.3% in September. The Federal Reserve Board’s industrial production index for manufacturing (IPMFG) moved up 0.3% in October. Regional output rose 5.7% in October from a year earlier, and national output increased 3.6%.