Manufacturing | The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Manufactured exports from five district states grew almost 13 percent from 2005 to 2006, much faster than the annual average rate of growth from 1997 to 2006 (7 percent), but slower than the increase
Rob Grunewald
May 2007 - fedgazette

Minnesota Manufactured Exports

May 2007 - fedgazette

Montana Manufactured Exports

May 2007 - fedgazette

North Dakota Manufactured Exports

May 2007 - fedgazette

South Dakota Manufactured Exports

May 2007 - fedgazette

Wisconsin Manufactured Exports

May 2007 - fedgazette

Manufacturing showing its muscle

North Dakota State Roundup
January 2007 - fedgazette

Manufacturing: “Business is booming—cannot keep up with orders”

Results of a November 2006 survey of manufacturers by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.
Toby Madden
January 2007 - fedgazette

District exports post double-digit growth

District manufactured exports increased almost 18 percent in 2005 from a year earlier, the largest gain in the eight years that export data have been available. All district states posted double-digit
Rob Grunewald
May 2006 - fedgazette

Minnesota Manufactured Exports

May 2006 - fedgazette

North Dakota Manufactured Exports

May 2006 - fedgazette

South Dakota Manufactured Exports

May 2006 - fedgazette

Wisconsin Manufactured Exports

May 2006 - fedgazette

Charts

State and U.S. Plastics Product Manufacturing Employment and Manufacturing Output
January 2006 - fedgazette

Manufacturing: On the up and up

Manufacturing survey
Toby Madden
January 2006 - fedgazette

Molding a new industry

Recent oil pressures have threatened the recovery of the district's plastics industry, but firms can cope by adapting.
Joe Mahon
January 2006 - fedgazette

Growing up mobile

It’s not just a trailer park anymore.
Ronald A. Wirtz
July 2005 - fedgazette

Hello, have we met?

Manufactured housing suffers an image problem.
Ronald A. Wirtz
July 2005 - fedgazette

Home, sweet (manufactured?) home

The familiar industry you know nothing about battles the legacy of its mobile roots.
Ronald A. Wirtz
July 2005 - fedgazette

M & M & Ms

Mobile, manufactured, modular—is there any real difference?
Ronald A. Wirtz
July 2005 - fedgazette

District exports post strong growth in 2004

Rob Grunewald
May 2005 - fedgazette

Manufacturing Survey Charts

May 2005 - fedgazette

Manufacturing lots of work for little profit

Manufacturing survey.
Toby Madden
May 2005 - fedgazette

Minnesota Manufactured Exports

May 2005 - fedgazette

Montana Manufactured Exports

May 2005 - fedgazette

North Dakota Manufactured Exports

May 2005 - fedgazette

South Dakota Manufactured Exports

May 2005 - fedgazette

Winter Manufacturing Business Conditions Survey Results: Size Comparison

Toby Madden
May 2005 - fedgazette

Winter Manufacturing Business Conditions Survey Results: State Comparison

Toby Madden
May 2005 - fedgazette

Wisconsin Manufactured Exports

May 2005 - fedgazette

Globalization: not just for breakfast anymore

Minnesota manufacturers join the global business race.
Bob Isaacson, John Fisher
November 2004 - fedgazette

2004 Summer Manufacturing Business Conditions Survey Results

Total Ninth Federal Reserve District—State Comparison
September 2004 - fedgazette

Manufacturing machine heats up

Summer Survey of Ninth District Manufacturers
Toby Madden
September 2004 - fedgazette

Summer 2004 Manufacturing Business Conditions Survey Results

Total Ninth Federal Reserve District—State Comparison
September 2004 - fedgazette

District exports: untold stories behind the data

Rob Grunewald
May 2004 - fedgazette

Manufacturing some optimism in the district

Winter 2004 Manufacturing Business Conditions Survey Results
Shefali Mehta, Toby Madden
May 2004 - fedgazette

Minnesota Manufactured Exports

May 2004 - fedgazette

Montana Manufactured Exports

May 2004 - fedgazette

South Dakota Manufactured Exports

May 2004 - fedgazette

Winter 2004 Manufacturing Business Conditions Survey Results

Total Ninth Federal Reserve District—State Comparison
May 2004 - fedgazette

Winter 2004 Manufacturing Business Conditions Survey Results

Total Ninth Federal Reserve District—Size Comparison
May 2004 - fedgazette

Wisconsin Manufactured Exports

May 2004 - fedgazette

“People have to eat”

District food processing is doing surprisingly well but faces slow shifts in the industry
Phil Davies
March 2004 - fedgazette

Business outlook best in four years

fedgazette Business Outlook Poll
Toby Madden
January 2004 - fedgazette

Fido to the rescue

Despite the gloom, there are success stories in manufacturing.
Ronald A. Wirtz
November 2003 - fedgazette

Looking ahead, and over your shoulder

International competition in manufacturing is intense and growing, but the search for international bogeymen overlooks U.S. competitiveness.
Ronald A. Wirtz
November 2003 - fedgazette

Love, pickup trucks and lost manufacturing jobs

The manufacturing recession has left many singing the employment blues, with district states learning the song by heart
Ronald A. Wirtz
November 2003 - fedgazette

Manufacturers cautiously optimistic for second half of 2003

Summer 2003 Survey of Ninth District Manufacturers
Benjamin Knelman, Toby Madden
November 2003 - fedgazette

Manufacturing Survey Charts

November 2003 - fedgazette

Powering the assembly line

Long-term drivers behind manufacturing health may need some repair
Ronald A. Wirtz
November 2003 - fedgazette

Something, anything for the pain

Almost nobody’s been spared in the manufacturing recession spread far and wide
Ronald A. Wirtz
November 2003 - fedgazette

Summer 2003 Manufacturing Business Conditions Survey Results

Table: Total Ninth Federal Reserve District—State Comparison
November 2003 - fedgazette

Summer 2003 Ninth District Manufacturing Business Conditions

Manufacturing Survey Methodology
November 2003 - fedgazette

Big Sky covers Ireland

Montana State Roundup
September 2003 - fedgazette

The next biotech frontier: weights and measures

How to measure the biotech industry remains a mystery.
Ronald A. Wirtz
September 2003 - fedgazette

All abroad

Exports hold great promise, but an obstacle course challenges both newcomer and veteran firms
Ronald A. Wirtz
May 2003 - fedgazette

An unwanted rest for hustling exporters

Ronald A. Wirtz
May 2003 - fedgazette

District manufacturers: tough 2002, cautiously optimistic 2003

Results of the Minneapolis Fed's winter survey of manufacturers.
Toby Madden
May 2003 - fedgazette

Manufacturing employment down in urban and rural areas

Rob Grunewald
May 2003 - fedgazette

Minnesota Manufactured Exports

May 2003 - fedgazette

Montana Manufactured Exports

May 2003 - fedgazette

Ninth District Manufacuring Business Conditions Survey Methodology

Winter 2003 Manufacturing Survey Methodology
May 2003 - fedgazette

North Dakota Manufactured Exports

May 2003 - fedgazette

Please pass the salt exports

U.S. export statistics have numerous shortcomings, but the biggest surprise might be that no one else has better
Ronald A. Wirtz
May 2003 - fedgazette

South Dakota Manufactured Exports

May 2003 - fedgazette

Winter 2003 Manufacturing Survey

Charts: Winter 2003 Manufacturing Survey
May 2003 - fedgazette

Wisconsin Manufactured Exports

May 2003 - fedgazette

Manufacturers expect stability in late 2002

Survey of Minnesota manufacturers
November 2002 - fedgazette

Overall, manufactured exports flat in 2001

Rob Grunewald
May 2002 - fedgazette

Survey shows Minnesota manufacturers cautiously optimistic about recovery in 2002

Survey of state manufacturers in January and February 2002
Toby Madden
May 2002 - fedgazette

Despite poor first half, manufacturers express hope for late rebound

Results from an August 2001 survey of manufacturers in Minnesota, Montana and South Dakota
Toby Madden
November 2001 - fedgazette

Labor Pains

Union strength has reached a low point in the Ninth District, with few bright spots. What brought unions to their knees? And will they rise again?
Douglas Clement
May 2001 - fedgazette