U.S. Factory Orders Rebound 1.4% as Industrial Production Data Goes Dark: Key Economic Events on November 18, 2025
On Tuesday, November 18, 2025, investors finally got a clearer read on U.S. manufacturing just as the broader economic data picture remained unusually murky. Delayed factory orders for August showed a solid rebound, rising 1.4% month‑on‑month after a 1.3% drop in July, according to Census Bureau figures compiled by Investing.com. Investing.com+1 At the same time, some of the releases that were supposed to headline today’s economic calendar — notably industrial production and U.S. import and export price indexes — never arrived, still disrupted by the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Federal Reserve+2Reuters+2 A steady NAHB Housing Market Index reading