Fifth District Survey of Manufacturing Activity: Average employee workweek: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - Richmond FED - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Fifth District Survey of Manufacturing Activity (Richmond FED)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about manufacturing firms in the Fifth District, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for the average employee workweek (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) was -3.0 in May 2022, compared to 15.0 in April 2022.
Sample. In the monthly series presented in the figure, there are 259 data points. The series covers the period going from January 1993 to May 2022.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics computed on the full sample: the diffusion index had a mean value of 0.8; it recorded its highest level of 24.0 in March 2004; it registered a minimum of -33.0 in March 2009.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2022-03-31 | 16.0 |
| 2022-04-30 | 15.0 |
| 2022-05-31 | -3.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did the average employee workweek increase or decrease in the past month? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Coincident indicator of the business cycle |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Not copyrightable under U.S. law |
| Measure type | Diffusion index (share of respondents reporting an increase minus share reporting a decrease) |