# 2026-22541: Census Asks Manufacturers to Keep Counting Orders, Shipments, and Stockpiles

2026-22541, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, & Orders (M3) Survey, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, Census Bureau published 2026-11-05; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-05).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22541
- As of: 2026-11-05
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-22541
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, & Orders (M3) Survey
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; Census Bureau
- Citation: 91 FR 69790
- Published: 2026-11-05
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-05

## In one line

Census Asks Manufacturers to Keep Counting Orders, Shipments, and Stockpiles

## Summary

The U.S. Census Bureau is asking for approval to keep collecting data from 5,000 manufacturers about their shipments, orders, and inventories. This survey helps track how well U.S. factories are doing and predicts future production, which is super important for the economy. Respondents spend about 20 minutes each time, with no changes to the survey, and the public has 30 more days to share their thoughts.

## Effects PRIA read

- Manufacturers: 20‑minute monthly reporting: cost, low. If you are a manufacturer selected for the M3 survey, you (or your business) are asked to provide monthly data 12 times per year. Each response takes about 20 minutes; there are 5,000 respondents in the sample and the total annual burden is 20,000 hours. The request is an extension “without change”…
- M3 data feed GDP and leading indexes: benefit, medium. The M3 survey’s shipments, orders, and inventories data are used as essential inputs to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the Leading Economic Index. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA/OMB) designated the survey a principal federal economic indicator, and agencies such as BEA, FR…

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## Sources
- [2026-22541 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/05/2026-22541/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for)
- [2026-22541 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-05/pdf/2026-22541.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22541 (as of 2026-11-05).