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The Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) survey provides broad-based, monthly statistical data on economic conditions in the domestic manufacturing sector. The survey measures current industrial activity and provides an indication of future business trends.
December 2016 Advance Report released January 27, 2017 at 8:30 A.M. EST
December 2016 Full Report released February 3, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. EST
Benchmark Reports released May 18, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. EDT
Summary of Revisions and Survey Information Excel [2.50mb]
Annual Benchmark Data and Benchmark Procedures Excel [5.80mb]
Trading Day Diagnostics Excel [1.96mb]
Seasonal Summary Measures Excel [1.90mb]
Revised historical data from the Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey will be issued on May 18, 2017. These revisions result from: benchmarking the M3 shipments and inventories data to the 2015 Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM) and revised 2014 ASM data on a 2012 NAICS basis; incorporating the unfilled orders to shipments ratios obtained from the 2015/2014 Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders (M3UFO) Survey by applying these ratios to the respective ASM shipments data, as well as incorporating revised unfilled orders to shipments ratios for prior years by applying them to the respective ASM data; adjusting the new orders data to be consistent with the benchmarked shipments and unfilled orders data; correcting monthly data for late receipts, reclassifications of reported data, and revisions to previously reported data; updating the seasonally adjusted data based on the results of benchmarking and the recent annual review of the seasonal adjustment models. These revisions will span the seasonally adjusted data for January 2002 through March 2017 and the data not seasonally adjusted for January 2007 through March 2017. An updated Press Release will contain revised monthly tables for January 2017 through March 2017. Please call M3 staff on (301) 763-4832 with any questions.
With the release of the January 2017 Advance Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders on February 27, 2017, the presentation of the release will change. The text portion of the release will be removed from Excel and reformatted. The layout and format of the tables are not currently changing, though some explanatory notes may move to the text portion of the document. The full text and tables will be available as a PDF, with the tables available separately in Excel. A preview of the new files is available:
Advance Report:
PDF ExcelFull Report:
PDF ExcelThe URL for the economic indicators data in the Census Bureau API (Application Programming Interface) has been updated to add /timeseries/. Examples can be found on the Developers' webpage. The old URL will be discontinued on December 31, 2016.
To receive the latest updates on the Nation's key economic indicators, download the America's Economy app for Apple and Android smartphones and tablets.
The upcoming release dates:
January Advance Report: February 27, 2017 8:30 a.m.
January Full Report: March 6, 2017 10:00 a.m.
2016-2017 Release Schedule: Excel [30kb]
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