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US Data: Kansas City Fed Diffusion Indexes 6-mo Outlook

Release for: February 2019
Source: Kansas City Federal Reserve
Diffusion Indexes, seasonally adjusted
                                  Feb-19  Jan-19  Dec-18  Nov-18  Oct-18  Sep-18
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Manufacturing Indexes
Composite Index                       13      18      22      18      21      27
Production                            18      33      24      28      37      37
Volume of shipments                   15      30      25      27      34      34
Volume of new orders                  13      25      23      26      35      35
Backlog of orders                      4      17       7      10      25      18
Number of employees                   28      22      37      23      16      29
Average employee workweek              5      10      17      13       9      14
Prices rec'd for finished
product                               34      40      41      30      39      43
Prices paid for raw materials         43      49      50      42      43      57
Capital Expenditures                  12      33      33      26      16      35
New orders for exports                -3      -4       9      20       9      14
Supplier delivery time*               12      13      17       9      13      18
Inventories:
Materials                             -4      -2       7       6       5      15
Plants' finished goods                 2      -5       9       8      -4       9
*Diffusion index is the
difference between the
percentage of total
respondents reporting
increases and percentage
reporting decreases
--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 202-371-2121; email: shikha.dave@marketnews.com
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