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

Release for: December 2017

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Seasonally Adjusted Indexes

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                              Current:                    6-Month:

                      Dec-17    Nov-17  Oct-17    Dec-17    Nov-17  Oct-17

General Index           29.7      19.4    27.6      40.9      39.0    38.5

Company Outlook         31.5      18.5    25.8      40.1      40.8    39.0

Production              32.8      15.1    25.6      47.4      46.1    46.0

Capacity util           26.3      17.3    22.5      39.9      45.4    47.2

Vol new orders          30.1      20.0    24.8      50.8      48.9    45.3

Growth of new orders    21.4      18.1    12.3      40.1      40.9    36.7

Unfilled orders          9.2      11.4    10.4      16.2      14.2    10.1

Vol of shipments        21.5      16.7    20.9      46.9      43.2    50.8

Delivery time            8.0       4.8     3.0       6.9       3.8     0.5

Mat. Inventories        12.7       6.8    10.6      11.8      13.2     3.7

Finished Inventories    -2.0       0.0     9.9      12.4       6.2    -0.9

Prices Paid             32.5      32.2    32.3      52.1      48.4    36.5

Price Received          17.9      15.1    15.3      42.7      35.8    18.9

Wages, benefits         25.1      14.2    22.5      44.2      46.6    36.9

# of employees          20.4       6.3    16.7      36.6      29.8    34.2

Average workweek        23.3      11.5    13.7      13.5      22.1    13.8

Capital Spending        19.0      15.8    13.3      43.2      34.1    30.2

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