Summary of Returns
May 2010
May vs. April Six Months from now
vs. May
Prev. Prev.
Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff. Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff.
Index Index Index Index
General Busines 20.2 31.9 53.8 10.5 21.4 44.2 52.6 24.4 15.6 37.0
Conditions
New Orders 13.9 28.5 48.6 22.4 6.1 46.5 59.9 22.4 11.5 48.4
Shipments 5.6 30.9 52.9 15.1 15.8 42.8 56.3 19.0 15.8 40.5
Unfilled Orders -0.9 13.1 68.5 16.1 -3.0 24.6 18.1 54.7 14.1 4.0
Delivery Times 5.4 8.9 81.0 10.1 -1.2 11.3 13.7 59.7 16.4 -2.7
Inventories 2.0 15.8 59.2 23.7 -7.9 8.6 22.2 46.8 24.2 -2.0
Prices Paid 42.7 39.3 52.7 3.8 35.5 50.6 41.8 40.9 10.5 31.3
Prices Received 1 16.6 66.3 13.1 3.5 23.6 27.7 49.4 11.9 15.8
Number of Emp. 7.3 20.6 62.0 17.4 3.2 22.0 37.1 45.7 7.0 30.1
Avg. Emp. Wrkwk 8.3 21.4 57.3 14.5 7.0 15.6 30.6 40.3 16.0 14.6
Capital Ex. -- -- -- -- -- 10.2 23.6 52.2 15.9 7.7
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 May 18, 2010.
May 2010 Release
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