Posted October 29, 2012
Midwest Manufacturing Index declines
The Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index (CFMMI) decreased 0.4% in September, to a seasonally adjusted level of 93.4.
Revised data show the index was down 1.8% in August. The Federal Reserve Board’s industrial production index for manufacturing (IPMFG) increased 0.2% in September. Regional output rose 8.5% in September from a year earlier, and national output increased 3.5%.
Production in three of the four regional sectors decreased in September.
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