Benchmark Notice:
Revised historical data from the Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey were issued on May 13, 2022.
These revisions result from: benchmarking the M3 shipments and inventories data to the 2020 and 2019 Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)
data; incorporating the unfilled orders-to-shipments ratios obtained for 2020, 2019, and 2018 from the Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders
(M3UFO) Survey; 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 spanned the seasonally adjusted data for January 2012 through March 2022 and the data not seasonally adjusted for
January 2017 through March 2022. An updated Press Release contains revised monthly tables for January 2022 through March 2022.
Special Notice - New Advance Estimates Of Total Manufacturing:
Beginning with September 2021 data released on October 27, 2021, advance estimates of total manufacturing,
including M3 durable and nondurable industries, for shipments and inventories, are available at the same time as the Advance Report
on Durable Goods Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders. Monthly advance total manufacturing estimates are
available on a seasonally adjusted basis as well as a not seasonally adjusted basis on the M3 website under the
“Advance Report Highlights”.
Notice: The U.S. Census Bureau is pleased to announce a new look for our
Briefing Room!
Check out the new mobile-friendly format. For each principal economic indicator, find a card with a data summary,
the percent change from the prior month and prior year, the date of the most recent release and the next release,
and links to more information.
We hope you find these customer-driven updates helpful!
Statement Regarding COVID-19 Impact: The Census Bureau continues to monitor response and data quality and has determined that estimates in these releases meet publication standards.
For more information on the compilation of this month's reports, see M3 COVID-19 FAQs.
M3COVID19FAQs.pdf
FRED Mobile App: Receive the latest updates on the nation's key economic indicators by downloading the
FRED App for both
Apple and Android devices. FRED, the signature database of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, now incorporates the Census Bureau's 13
economic indicators.
New Time Series: Beginning with the release of June 2018 data on July 26, 2018, historical estimates of the Monthly Advance Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders
are available on a seasonally adjusted basis as well as a not seasonally adjusted basis in the
Search Database.
The 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 upcoming release dates:
May Advance Report: June 27, 2022 8:30 a.m.
May Full Report: July 5, 2022 10:00 a.m.
2021-2022 Release Schedule: Excel [30kb]
available for free from Microsoft®.