Summary of Returns
December 2009
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 16.7 37.8 44.2 17.4 20.4 36.8 40.8 33.4 16.4 24.4
Conditions
New Orders 14.8 30.5 45.1 24.0 6.5 35.7 40.6 32.2 20.0 20.6
Shipments 15.7 29.0 53.9 13.7 15.3 29.2 39.6 37.7 16.9 22.7
Unfilled Orders -5.4 14.8 68.1 14.8 0.0 2.1 23.7 50.5 19.6 4.2
Delivery Times -12.7 13.5 75.0 7.3 6.2 -7.9 8.5 65.2 17.2 -8.7
Inventories -17.3 12.6 64.2 20.0 -7.4 5.9 20.1 51.5 23.9 -3.8
Prices Paid 14.9 38.7 56.4 4.9 33.8 30.8 32.9 54.8 4.6 28.2
Prices Received -1.5 12.0 74.2 13.8 -1.8 1.2 27.0 56.7 9.4 17.6
Number of Emp. -0.5 14.3 77.3 8.0 6.3 8.3 27.5 50.7 13.7 13.8
Avg. Emp. Wrkwk 2.0 19.6 62.8 13.2 6.4 9.9 29.5 48.8 15.7 13.8
Capital Ex. -- -- -- -- -- 13.8 18.5 61.8 6.4 12.1
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, 2009.
December 2009 Release
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