US Data: Dallas Fed - Texas Mfg Outlook Survey - Summary>

Release for:      August 2017

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Seasonally Adjusted Indexes

                          Current:                 6-Month:

                   Aug-17  Jul-17  Jun-17   Aug-17  Jul-17  Jun-17

General Index         17.0    16.8    15.0     29.2    31.6    31.9

Company Outlook       16.3    25.9    10.8     34.5    34.8    35.6

Production            20.3    22.8    12.3     43.1    48.8    47.5

Capacity util         12.2    18.1    12.3     38.6    39.9    42.9

Vol new orders        14.3    16.1     9.6     48.6    43.6    52.6

Growth of new orde    11.7    12.2     4.7     37.1    32.8    35.7

Unfilled orders        0.2     1.0     1.3      6.7    11.2    10.4

Vol of shipments      18.1    11.6     8.5     41.8    47.0    45.0

Delivery time          0.5     4.3     0.0      2.1     3.9     0.9

Mat. Inventories       2.5     3.6    -1.6     12.0     4.6    14.9

Finished Inventori    -3.8    -1.7    -7.1     -2.0     4.7     7.4

Prices Paid           26.9    15.5    15.6     26.0    20.8    18.5

Price Received        10.2     5.6     3.6     17.0    21.2    15.9

Wages, benefits       26.9    20.6    21.1     44.3    45.9    44.7

# of employees         9.9    11.2     9.6     30.8    36.2    32.3

Average workweek      14.5     9.8     8.9     11.8    10.2     8.3

Capital Spending      14.5    11.6    12.7     19.6    27.1    25.2

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