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

Release for: August 2018 

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Seasonally Adjusted Indexes

                              Current:                    6-Month:

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                      Aug-18    Jul-18  Jun-18    Aug-18    Jul-18  Jun-18

General Index           30.9      32.3    36.5      34.7      36.2    35.9

Company Outlook         27.3      20.4    33.2      34.3      37.2    38.7

Production              29.3      29.4    23.3      46.6      50.6    47.9

Capacity util           25.2      25.0    21.7      38.2      46.4    46.5

Vol new orders          23.9      23.3    29.6      47.4      50.6    47.0

Growth of new orders    19.9      17.0    22.2      40.4      35.1    37.7

Unfilled orders          9.1      14.9    13.0       9.7      12.4    24.5

Vol of shipments        26.0      30.8    25.5      49.2      49.7    43.9

Delivery time            8.9      12.7    15.9       7.1       4.3     6.8

Finished Inventories    13.9      -1.9     5.8       9.9       3.8     7.2

Prices Paid             45.3      48.6    53.6      43.5      46.1    49.0

Price Received          15.3      22.9    26.2      32.0      26.6    28.1

Wages, benefits         33.4      32.4    31.4      45.5      53.2    53.2

# of employees          28.9      28.9    23.9      42.2      39.9    39.8

Average workweek        19.0      22.2    20.2      11.3      18.1     9.7

Capital Spending        25.1      26.6    23.8      39.9      31.9    33.9

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