Philadelphia Fed Index At Negative 17.4 in March

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s region “showed continued weakness this month,” although the general business conditions index improved to negative 17.4 in March from negative 24.0 in January, this month’s Report on Business indicates.

Economists surveyed by IFR Markets predicted a reading of negative 20.0 for the index.

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