However, the fixed-income market pays only slight attention to Richmond area manufacturing.
However, the fixed-income market pays only slight attention to Richmond area manufacturing. At Columbia Records, John Hammond made some of the greatest discoveries in American music. The Richmond Fed's September manufacturing survey showed a rebound. The regional Fed's manufacturing index increased to 9 from an August reading of 3.
Another survey released Tuesday also seemed to contradict the general impression of economic slowing that was intensified last week when the Philadelphia Fed's monthly manufacturing survey showed an unexpected contraction.