Summary of Returns
December 2010
December vs. November Six Months from now
vs. December
Prev. Prev.
Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff. Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff.
Index Index Index Index
General Busines 22.5 36.1 52.1 11.8 24.3 49.0 56.6 31.4 6.1 50.5
Conditions
New Orders 10.4 33.0 46.5 18.3 14.6 39.4 54.0 33.9 7.5 46.5
Shipments 16.8 30.1 46.0 22.8 7.3 39.5 51.5 36.9 6.8 44.7
Unfilled Orders 3.7 18.8 68.8 12.4 6.5 9.8 21.9 66.3 10.2 11.7
Delivery Times 2.1 9.9 87.4 1.5 8.5 3.8 12.2 81.2 3.8 8.4
Inventories -5.9 15.3 62.0 17.3 -2.0 -12.8 26.1 47.6 23.5 2.6
Prices Paid 34.0 51.9 47.3 0.7 51.2 53.9 63.2 34.6 0.0 63.2
Prices Received -2.1 21.1 68.5 10.4 10.7 33.4 32.7 59.3 5.9 26.8
Number of Emp. 13.3 16.8 70.2 11.7 5.1 21.7 38.1 51.4 9.8 28.4
Avg. Emp. Wrkwk 10.9 19.3 78.2 0.0 19.3 19.0 30.0 60.0 6.3 23.7
Capital Ex. -- -- -- -- -- 20.2 36.6 47.3 6.4 30.1
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 December 13, 2010.