The Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) survey provides broad-based, monthly statistical data on economic conditions in the domestic manufacturing sector. Graphical summaries of current data and historical time series from 1958 to present are also available on site (.xls format). The Preliminary Report for June 1998 includes a 0.1 percent increase of new orders for manufactured goods at $330.5 billion, a 0.3 percent increase in shipments at $334.6 billion, and an increase in inventories at $466.6 billion, up 0.3 percent.