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

Release for:      February 2018

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Seasonally Adjusted Indexes

                          Current:                 6-Month:

                   Feb-18  Jan-18  Dec-17   Feb-18  Jan-18  Dec-17

General Index         37.2    33.4    29.7     40.6    44.5    40.9

Company Outlook       31.5    27.8    31.5     34.5    43.2    40.1

Production            27.9    16.8    32.8     46.0    51.6    47.4

Capacity util         19.6    14.5    26.3     45.9    46.4    39.9

Vol new orders        25.3    25.5    30.1     49.6    51.2    50.8

Growth of new orde    15.3    15.5    21.4     37.5    40.4    40.1

Unfilled orders       11.5     7.1     9.2     18.2    14.0    16.2

Vol of shipments      32.1    27.1    21.5     44.4    50.2    46.9

Delivery time          4.8     9.0     8.0      2.8     5.7     6.9

Finished Inventori     7.6     0.0    -2.0      5.9    11.7    12.4

Prices Paid           39.8    33.5    32.5     43.0    44.0    52.1

Price Received        22.5    22.3    17.9     31.6    36.2    42.7

Wages, benefits       32.2    23.3    25.1     49.7    56.9    44.2

# of employees        19.1    15.2    20.4     34.0    44.5    36.6

Average workweek      16.3    13.4    23.3     15.1    14.4    13.5

Capital Spending      23.7    20.0    19.0     39.6    36.2    43.2

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

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