Summary of Returns
March 2010
March vs. February Six Months from now
vs. March
Prev. Prev.
Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff. Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff.
Index Index Index Index
General Busines 17.6 34.5 49.4 15.6 18.9 35.8 60.0 30.8 7.9 52.0
Conditions
New Orders 22.7 29.6 48.7 20.4 9.3 41.3 55.0 34.2 9.8 45.2
Shipments 19.7 30.5 52.7 16.8 13.6 51.0 52.0 39.4 7.8 44.3
Unfilled Orders -7.5 16.8 61.4 21.7 -4.9 14.1 31.4 55.8 12.8 18.6
Delivery Times -2.1 14.9 76.5 7.0 7.9 9.0 10.3 78.7 9.6 0.7
Inventories 3.2 12.7 63.7 23.6 -11.0 15.4 29.8 47.8 21.7 8.1
Prices Paid 32.4 38.6 60.0 0.0 38.6 51.2 60.2 33.7 6.1 54.1
Prices Received 3.7 12.8 73.7 13.2 -0.4 26.4 32.2 58.5 9.3 22.9
Number of Emp. 7.4 16.6 75.2 8.2 8.4 13.8 33.0 56.5 8.7 24.4
Avg. Emp. Wrkwk 1.9 21.9 63.8 14.3 7.6 23.9 35.9 56.9 7.2 28.6
Capital Ex. -- -- -- -- -- 26.0 22.1 65.6 12.3 9.7
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 March 15, 2010.
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