Summary of Returns
February 2010
February vs January Six Months from now
vs. February
Prev. Prev.
Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff. Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff.
Index Index Index Index
General Busines 15.2 33.1 51.3 15.6 17.6 43.3 48.0 35.5 12.2 35.8
Conditions
New Orders 3.2 34.2 53.9 11.4 22.7 44.6 54.0 31.8 12.8 41.3
Shipments 11.0 33.7 49.0 14.0 19.7 39.8 59.9 27.7 8.9 51.0
Unfilled Orders 3.6 11.2 68.8 18.7 -7.5 17.4 24.3 63.7 10.2 14.1
Delivery Times 6.6 10.5 74.9 12.5 -2.1 9.4 14.9 75.3 5.9 9.0
Inventories -1.6 21.1 60.9 17.9 3.2 10.2 30.8 48.6 15.4 15.4
Prices Paid 33.2 33.9 63.5 1.5 32.4 47.0 52.8 40.3 1.6 51.2
Prices Received 2.7 12.7 76.6 9.0 3.7 15.4 34.0 55.5 7.6 26.4
Number of Emp. 6.1 19.3 68.7 11.8 7.4 14.4 30.6 52.5 16.9 13.8
Avg. Emp. Wrkwk 4.2 16.0 67.2 14.1 1.9 22.4 33.5 55.4 9.7 23.9
Capital Ex. -- -- -- -- -- 16.8 34.6 50.7 8.6 26.0
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 February 17, 2010.
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