Summary of Returns
June 2009
June vs. May Six Months from now
vs. June
Prev. Prev.
Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff. Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff.
Index Index Index Index
General Busines -22.6 30.2 35.4 32.4 -2.2 47.5 65.5 27.2 5.5 60.1
Conditions
New Orders -25.9 29.9 34.9 34.7 -4.8 46.5 62.0 29.4 3.4 58.6
Shipments -19.0 32.5 37.0 30.4 2.1 45.7 61.7 29.6 4.3 57.4
Unfilled Orders -18.4 9.5 61.3 29.2 -19.6 16.7 28.3 66.0 2.7 25.6
Delivery Times -18.1 4.2 69.7 23.1 -18.9 -5.7 12.1 76.0 6.6 5.5
Inventories -28.6 13.1 53.9 28.4 -15.3 -13.4 17.9 52.4 24.5 -6.6
Prices Paid -22.8 5.2 75.4 18.1 -13.0 19.1 26.9 59.2 7.0 19.9
Prices Received -33.8 5.7 70.2 22.3 -16.6 -1.6 15.9 64.7 13.8 2.0
Number of Emp. -26.8 9.6 57.2 31.4 -21.8 10.0 20.5 63.1 7.7 12.8
Avg. Emp. Wrkwk -23.2 7.8 56.7 34.4 -26.6 13.6 37.6 55.5 0.0 37.6
Capital Ex. -- -- -- -- -- -0.2 21.0 44.5 19.3 1.7
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 June 16, 2009
June 2009 Release
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