Economists expect the measure of mid-Atlantic manufacturing to hit 18.0 for the month, a slight fall from the 23.6 reading in January.
The 23.6 from last month was a sizable beat over expectations of 15.8 and the Empire State Manufacturing index - which measures manufacturing activity in New York - came in ahead of expectations on Wednesday as well in a stream of solid data.
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