June 2020 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey - Summary of Returns
June 2020
June vs. May Six Months from Now
vs. June
Prev. Prev.
Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff. Diff. Inc. No ch. Dec. Diff.
Index Index Index Index
General Business -43.1 46.0 34.6 18.5 27.5 49.7 75.3 9.1 8.9 66.3
Conditions
New Orders -25.7 41.5 32.9 24.8 16.7 54.7 76.4 10.8 8.5 67.9
Shipments -30.3 47.2 30.9 21.9 25.3 46.0 73.4 12.9 8.3 65.0
Unfilled Orders -13.7 25.1 49.2 25.1 -0.1 6.0 42.2 41.2 10.7 31.5
Delivery Times -6.7 12.9 74.4 12.5 0.4 5.1 26.7 59.8 8.2 18.5
Inventories 11.7 25.5 48.9 25.6 0.0 -1.4 31.1 36.8 28.2 2.9
Prices Paid 3.2 16.3 78.5 5.2 11.1 21.2 47.2 42.9 2.9 44.3
Prices Received -3.1 13.2 83.9 2.2 11.0 15.6 33.2 55.0 4.3 28.9
Number of Emp. -15.3 11.8 72.2 16.0 -4.3 16.2 36.4 52.4 6.8 29.6
Avg. Emp. Wrkwk. -7.1 12.1 69.2 18.7 -6.5 19.6 35.0 48.2 9.1 25.9
Capital Ex. -- -- -- -- -- 15.2 37.4 45.8 11.1 26.3
Notes: (1) Diffusion indexes represent the percentage of respondents indicating
an increase minus the percentage indicating a decrease.
(2) All data are seasonally adjusted.
(3) Percentages may not sum to 100 percent because of rounding,
omission by respondents, or both.
(4) Survey results reflect data received through June 15, 2020.
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey
Released: June 18, 2020, at 8:30 a.m. ET.
June 2020 Release
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