Summary of Returns
December 2008
|
December vs November | Six Months from now
| vs. December
|
Prev. |Prev.
Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff. |Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff.
Index Index |Index Index
|
General Busines -39.3 18.1 25.7 51.0 -32.9 | -10.4 23.4 30.8 37.9 -14.5
Conditions |
|
New Orders -31.4 23.5 27.7 48.8 -25.2 | -7.0 25.4 33.9 35.4 -10.0
|
Shipments -18.8 22.3 26.7 51.0 -28.7 | -15.1 32.6 31.8 35.7 -3.1
|
Unfilled Orders -29.1 6.1 55.5 38.4 -32.3 | -22.1 9.5 64.4 26.0 -16.5
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Delivery Times -20.6 2.6 71.3 25.4 -22.8 | -19.7 4.2 66.2 26.1 -21.9
|
Inventories -19.6 19.9 28.2 51.1 -31.1 | -26.9 4.4 43.4 51.0 -46.6
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Prices Paid -30.7 8.5 48.6 41.7 -33.2 | -9.2 9.1 50.8 35.7 -26.6
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Prices Received -15.5 5.6 51.0 43.4 -37.8 | -13.8 10.3 52.8 30.6 -20.2
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Number of Emp. -25.2 12.9 45.1 41.6 -28.7 | -25.1 11.2 43.6 41.5 -30.2
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Avg. Emp. Wrkwk -19.7 8.3 48.1 39.7 -31.4 | -18.4 8.9 56.8 33.7 -24.8
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Capital Ex. -- -- -- -- -- | -9.0 11.0 47.4 32.7 -21.6
Notes: (1) Items may not add to 100 percent because of omission by respondents.
(2) All data are seasonally adjusted.
(3) Diffusion indexes represent the percentage of respondents indicating
an increase minus the percentage indicating a decrease.
(4) Survey data reflect information received through December 15, 2008
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