Summary of Returns
January 2012
January vs. December Six Months from now
vs. January
Prev. Prev.
Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff. Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff.
Index Index Index Index
General Busines 6.8 29.6 45.7 22.3 7.3 40.0 55.7 34.3 6.8 49.0
Conditions
New Orders 10.7 34.5 37.8 27.6 6.9 44.1 55.1 34.7 5.4 49.7
Shipments 9.1 34.5 34.9 28.8 5.7 36.4 53.8 36.8 5.6 48.2
Unfilled Orders 5.1 17.7 60.5 21.8 -4.1 5.7 19.6 69.2 4.9 14.7
Delivery Times 1.3 15.9 61.1 19.7 -3.8 -0.4 12.5 65.2 18.1 -5.6
Inventories -11.5 19.3 54.5 25.6 -6.3 -5.0 25.0 49.7 21.7 3.3
Prices Paid 30.4 34.8 59.4 3.0 31.8 49.4 53.3 43.3 0.6 52.7
Prices Received 10.3 21.3 68.0 10.2 11.2 26.4 29.4 62.3 5.6 23.8
Number of Emp. 11.5 21.3 67.2 9.7 11.6 10.8 27.8 59.0 8.7 19.1
Avg. Emp. Wrkwk 2.8 23.3 54.5 18.3 5.0 4.5 22.6 60.8 13.4 9.2
Capital Ex. -- -- -- -- -- 10.8 37.1 40.2 14.2 22.9
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 January 17, 2012.
January 2012 Release
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