Chicago Fed Survey of Economic Conditions: Manufacturing Activity Index in Federal Reserve District 7: Chicago

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Series IDCFSBCACTIVITYMFG
UnitsIndex
FrequencyMonthly
Categoryproduction
Latest observation2026-09-01
HistoryPoint-in-time: every value as first published plus each revision, so backtests see only what was known on the day

Latest reading

The latest Chicago Fed Survey of Economic Conditions: Manufacturing Activity Index in Federal Reserve District 7: Chicago observation, for 2026-09-01, is 25 Index, up from 19.0476 for 2026-08-01. It has not been revised since it was first published. 98.8% of observations in this history were revised after first release.

Latest observation2026-09-01
Latest value25 Index
Previous19.0476 (2026-08-01)
Change5.9524 (+31.3%)
First published value25
Last release2026-09-22
Vintages stored111
Observations165
Largest revision (5 years)2021-11-01: -34.7826 → 15.4267

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