Kansas City Fed manufacturing index for April -5 versus 1 last month

• Prior month manufacturing index 1.0
• Manufacturing index for April. -5 versus 1.0 last month
• Composite index for April -4 versus -2 last month

The manufacturing index had a low -13 in February. The high price for the year was at +1 last month.

Looking at the chart above, the price is near the middle of what has been the range going back to 2022.

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.