November 19, 2015
Philly Fed Slightly Positive After Two Months of Contraction, but New Orders and Shipments Negative, Workweek Collapsed
Philly Fed Slightly Positive After Two Months of Contraction, but New Orders and Shipments Negative, Workweek Collapsed In what likely amounts to a bit of economic noise, the Philadelphia Fed regional manufacturing report posted a rise of 1.9, slightly beating the economic consensus of 0. Unlike Monday’s Empire State report which is pointing to out-and-out weakness for the November factory sector, the Philly Fed’s November report is no worse than flat and points to little month-to-month change for a sector, however, that continues to struggle.