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US Data: Kansas City Fed Diffusion Indexes - Summary

Release for: August 2017
Source: Kansas City Federal Reserve
Diffusion Indexes, seasonally adjusted except year/year
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                                 m/m     m/m       y/y     y/y        6m      6m
                              Aug-17  Jul-17    Aug-17  Jul-17    Aug-17  Jul-17
Manufacturing Indexes
Composite Index                   16      10        23      24        23      20
Production                        22       4        27      28        38      29
Volume of shipments               23      -2        29      33        38      34
Volume of new orders              25      10        27      38        39      26
Backlog of orders                 13      -1        18      22        19      10
Number of employees               14      15        22      23        26      26
Average employee workweek          9       1        20      15         1      18
Prices rcvd for fin
product                            8       5        29      20        34      13
Prices paid for raw matl          21      18        48      45        39      37
Capital expenditures            #N/A    #N/A        21      15        18      17
New orders for exports             4      -3         9       0         4       1
Supplier delivery time*           10      10        23      19        14      15
Inventories:
Materials                         10      10        18      10        -2       4
Plants' finished goods             2       8         6       7        -6      18
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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