Empire Manufacturing Comes In Better Than Expected, 17.5 Versus 17.0

March Empire State Manufacturing Index was just released, and it came in better than expected. Economists expected a reading of 17, and it came in at 17.5.

Import Prices for February came in at 1.4%, versus expectations of 0.9%. Last month was revised to 1.3% from 1.5% Export prices came in at 1.4% versus expectations of 0.7%.