February 2011
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 19.3 45.5 41.6 9.6 35.9 49.8 55.8 30.9 9.0 46.8
Conditions
New Orders 23.6 42.4 36.3 18.7 23.7 43.3 48.8 37.7 6.7 42.1
Shipments 13.4 44.3 46.5 9.1 35.2 42.7 56.7 29.4 5.5 51.2
Unfilled Orders 8.7 23.5 66.4 8.5 14.9 11.8 29.4 55.9 7.2 22.2
Delivery Times 2.3 13.0 80.6 3.0 10.0 13.5 12.4 72.2 7.8 4.7
Inventories 6.8 24.8 51.1 22.7 2.1 13.9 25.1 51.3 15.7 9.4
Prices Paid 54.3 67.2 32.8 0.0 67.2 66.4 74.7 15.2 1.6 73.1
Prices Received 17.1 28.5 60.7 7.6 21.0 38.2 45.0 43.7 4.9 40.1
Number of Emp. 17.6 29.0 64.5 5.4 23.6 31.0 32.4 54.6 8.0 24.4
Avg. Emp. Wrkwk 10.6 23.3 62.1 10.4 12.8 22.9 24.2 53.1 10.3 13.9
Capital Ex. -- -- -- -- -- 29.0 24.4 61.7 8.2 16.2
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 14, 2011.
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