Summary of Returns August 2015 August vs. July Six Months from Now vs. August Prev. Prev. Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff. Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff. Index Index Index Index General Business 5.7 30.1 46.9 21.9 8.3 41.5 55.0 30.4 11.9 43.1 Conditions New Orders 7.1 31.7 42.3 25.9 5.8 46.3 58.1 25.8 11.6 46.4 Shipments 4.4 36.0 43.3 19.3 16.7 49.7 54.1 29.3 16.6 37.6 Unfilled Orders -6.3 13.6 68.2 14.6 -1.0 33.6 32.0 59.3 5.8 26.2 Delivery Times -4.5 11.5 76.7 11.9 -0.4 10.3 10.6 76.3 9.6 1.0 Inventories -5.7 19.1 62.0 18.9 0.2 -1.3 30.3 49.7 17.9 12.4 Prices Paid 20.2 13.4 77.8 7.2 6.2 37.3 38.4 58.7 0.0 38.4 Prices Received 1.7 6.1 81.2 11.0 -4.9 20.2 19.1 66.1 10.4 8.7 Number of Emp. -0.4 21.1 63.1 15.8 5.3 22.2 30.0 61.5 8.5 21.5 Avg. Emp. Wrkwk. 4.0 15.9 75.4 7.3 8.5 12.7 16.9 60.0 15.7 1.2 Capital Ex. -- -- -- -- -- 7.7 28.6 55.6 10.1 18.4 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 August 17, 2015.
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