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Empire State Manufacturing Survey Falls to 7.6 From 20.6
Empire State Manufacturing Survey came in at 7.6 on September 1, 2026, 13.0 points below the prior reading of 20.6. On a diffusion index the sign is the signal: above zero means more respondents reporting expansion than contraction, and the distance from zero is how lopsided the split is.
- September 1, 2026: 7.6
- prior (August 1, 2026): 20.6
- change: -13.0 pts
Empire State Manufacturing Survey has ranged from -7.0 (September 1, 2025) to 20.6 (August 1, 2026) over the archived window, which puts the current reading 53% of the way up that range.
Survey readings are noisy month to month, so the standing trend matters more than any single print: this series has been falling across recent readings. Source: Federal Reserve district surveys via FRED.
Published 2026-10-02.