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

Release for:      October 2017

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Seasonally Adjusted Indexes

                          Current:                 6-Month:

                   Oct-17  Sep-17  Aug-17   Oct-17  Sep-17  Aug-17

General Index         27.6    21.3    17.0     38.5    34.5    29.2

Company Outlook       25.8    25.6    16.3     39.0    39.9    34.5

Production            25.6    19.5    20.3     46.0    46.5    43.1

Capacity util         22.5    15.8    12.2     47.2    44.9    38.6

Vol new orders        24.8    18.6    14.3     45.3    48.7    48.6

Growth of new orde    12.3     9.7    11.7     36.7    35.8    37.1

Unfilled orders       10.4     8.1     0.2     10.1     9.7     6.7

Vol of shipments      20.9    27.4    18.1     50.8    47.8    41.8

Delivery time          3.0    10.1     0.5      0.5     1.0     2.1

Mat. Inventories      10.6     3.9     2.5      3.7    10.8    12.0

Finished Inventori     9.9    -4.5    -3.8     -0.9    10.5    -2.0

Prices Paid           32.3    34.5    26.9     36.5    35.9    26.0

Price Received        15.3    17.5    10.2     18.9    20.0    17.0

Wages, benefits       22.5    26.4    26.9     36.9    39.8    44.3

# of employees        16.7    16.3     9.9     34.2    41.3    30.8

Average workweek      13.7    18.4    14.5     13.8    17.2    11.8

Capital Spending      13.3    13.6    14.5     30.2    29.8    19.6

  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **

[TOPICS: M$U$$$,MAUDT$,MAUDA$]