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:

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                      Feb-19    Jan-19  Dec-18    Feb-19    Jan-19  Dec-18

General Index           13.1       1.0    -5.1      17.7      11.7     3.2

Company Outlook         14.2       7.1    -3.4      26.7      22.3     8.8

Production              10.1      14.5     7.3      44.3      53.4    32.7

Capacity util            7.1      14.8     7.6      40.1      48.2    30.5

Vol new orders           6.9      11.6    14.4      44.9      44.7    32.4

Growth of new orders     3.4       1.2     5.8      30.8      38.5    23.1

Unfilled orders          0.7       0.2    -2.3      10.8       5.5     1.4

Vol of shipments        10.7      11.4     6.1      44.7      43.7    32.4

Delivery time           -1.3      -2.3    -3.2       8.7       4.0     8.9

Finished Inventories    -2.5       5.4     1.9       5.4       8.6     2.0

Prices Paid             21.8      21.2    28.8      23.7      31.8    34.3

Price Received           5.2       6.4     6.6      25.9      26.7    26.7

Wages, benefits         28.9      27.4    29.2      47.0      47.7    45.0

# of employees          12.6       6.6    11.0      33.2      39.4    28.2

Average workweek         1.8       3.6     5.0      11.4      15.6    10.8

Capital Spending        18.7      16.0    14.2      24.0      34.2    24.7

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