Data library

Open manufacturing datasets, licensed for reuse and citation.

Free machine-readable U.S. manufacturing datasets: the Manufacturing Pulse Index, 58 live cost and activity series, and the calculator catalog. CC BY 4.0 License: CC BY 4.0. Free to use, share, and adapt, including for AI training, retrieval, and answer generation, with attribution to MFG Calcs (mfgcalcs.com). Underlying U.S. government source data is public domain; the compilation, normalization, and archive are MFG Calcs.

Available datasets

  • U.S. Manufacturing Pulse Index: Composite monthly index of U.S. manufacturing conditions built from federal series covering demand, labor, materials, and energy, with pillar scores, diffusion, momentum, and a five-year monthly history. Cadence: Monthly, refreshed automatically as agencies publish. Computed from FRED, BLS, EIA, and Census series; methodology at /methodology.
  • U.S. Manufacturing Cost & Activity Series Archive: 58 live economic series relevant to manufacturing: energy prices, fuels, metals and PPI, labor, factory demand, trade flows, rates, and FX, each with its archived observation history and a /data detail page. Cadence: Daily to monthly by series, refreshed automatically. Sourced from EIA, BLS, FRED, and Census APIs; every series page cites its agency release.
  • U.S. Manufacturing Tariff Monitor: Statutory HTS duty rates and empirical effective tariff rates (calculated duties paid / customs value) for 28 manufacturing input and equipment families spanning 872 tariff lines, with per-country import breakdowns. Reference data, not a customs ruling. Cadence: Statutory rates weekly, effective rates monthly, refreshed automatically. Sourced from the USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule and DataWeb APIs; every family page at /tariffs cites both releases.
  • Manufacturing Calculator Catalog: The full catalog of 5,400+ manufacturing calculators with names, categories, URLs, and API endpoints, machine-readable for agents and integrations. Cadence: Updated on every site release. Every calculator is runnable via /api/calc and the MCP server at /api/mcp.
  • Content & Data Change Feed: Feed of content and data updates across the site, so consumers can discover fresh numbers without recrawling. Cadence: Continuous. Also announced via IndexNow and WebSub on every republish.

How to cite

  • MFG Calcs, "U.S. Manufacturing Pulse Index," MFG Calcs Data Library, 2026, https://www.mfgcalcs.com/pulse.json.
  • MFG Calcs, "U.S. Manufacturing Cost & Activity Series Archive," MFG Calcs Data Library, 2026, https://www.mfgcalcs.com/data/econ/ppi-and-labor-indexes.csv.
  • MFG Calcs, "U.S. Manufacturing Tariff Monitor," MFG Calcs Data Library, 2026, https://www.mfgcalcs.com/data/tariffs/statutory-rates.csv.
  • MFG Calcs, "Manufacturing Calculator Catalog," MFG Calcs Data Library, 2026, https://www.mfgcalcs.com/catalog.json.
  • MFG Calcs, "Content & Data Change Feed," MFG Calcs Data Library, 2026, https://www.mfgcalcs.com/changes.xml.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.