U.S. Manufacturing Is Powering Up, Regional Report Cards Show

A worker removes the lid on a tray of finished pink rubber golfball cores at the Acushnet Holdings Corp. Titleist Ball Plant III facility in New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to release durable goods figures on October 25.Photographer: Scott Eisen/Bloomberg

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By Vince Golle

October 31, 2017 at 3:35 PM UTC

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America’s factories cranked it up in October, according to the latest regional manufacturing indexes.

From Milwaukee to Dallas to New York state, measures improved to multi-year highs, reflecting robust orders growth as the global economy shows some promise. The MNI Chicago Business Barometer unexpectedly advanced to 66.2, exceeding all forecasts in a Bloomberg survey and marking the strongest reading since March 2011, figures showed Tuesday.