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

Release for: September 2018 

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Seasonally Adjusted Indexes

                              Current:                    6-Month:

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                      Sep-18    Aug-18  Jul-18    Sep-18    Aug-18  Jul-18

General Index           28.1      30.9    32.3      38.0      34.7    36.2

Company Outlook         18.2      27.3    20.4      33.8      34.3    37.2

Production              23.3      29.3    29.4      43.7      46.6    50.6

Capacity util           21.6      25.2    25.0      41.0      38.2    46.4

Vol new orders          14.7      23.9    23.3      44.9      47.4    50.6

Growth of new orders    11.5      19.9    17.0      37.2      40.4    35.1

Unfilled orders          1.8       9.1    14.9      12.7       9.7    12.4

Vol of shipments        20.8      26.0    30.8      42.2      49.2    49.7

Delivery time            4.1       8.9    12.7       5.7       7.1     4.3

Finished Inventories     6.0      13.9    -1.9      10.3       9.9     3.8

Prices Paid             44.4      45.3    48.6      43.0      43.5    46.1

Price Received          13.6      15.3    22.9      28.0      32.0    26.6

Wages, benefits         33.0      33.4    32.4      57.4      45.5    53.2

# of employees          17.7      28.9    28.9      39.4      42.2    39.9

Average workweek        12.7      19.0    22.2      11.4      11.3    18.1

Capital Spending        17.0      25.1    26.6      37.8      39.9    31.9

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