April 2011
April vs. March Six Months from now
vs. April
Prev. Prev.
Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff. Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff.
Index Index Index Index
General Busines 43.4 36.0 43.5 17.5 18.5 63.0 46.3 36.6 12.7 33.6
Conditions
New Orders 40.3 37.4 43.0 18.5 18.8 60.1 45.6 31.9 16.4 29.2
Shipments 34.9 42.0 44.8 12.9 29.1 59.3 51.0 31.4 13.2 37.8
Unfilled Orders 14.9 27.7 55.9 14.7 12.9 18.5 27.0 54.3 12.8 14.1
Delivery Times 8.5 20.3 69.9 9.0 11.2 10.4 12.5 70.0 13.6 -1.1
Inventories 12.0 24.5 52.4 22.7 1.7 14.0 31.1 42.7 21.1 10.0
Prices Paid 63.8 58.5 40.0 1.4 57.1 67.2 60.4 31.3 3.3 57.0
Prices Received 22.6 30.2 67.0 2.7 27.5 38.1 42.6 45.3 5.1 37.5
Number of Emp. 18.2 20.2 66.0 7.9 12.3 30.7 44.7 38.8 7.0 37.7
Avg. Emp. Wrkwk 13.2 31.7 51.2 14.0 17.7 17.0 25.2 60.8 6.8 18.4
Capital Ex. -- -- -- -- -- 34.5 30.2 51.5 10.2 20.0
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 April 19, 2011.
March 2011 Release
Business Outlook Survey Homepage
Downloading Historical Data for the Business Outlook Survey