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US Data: Kansas City Fed Diffusion Indexes - Summary

Release for: September 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
                              Sep-17  Aug-17    Sep-17  Aug-17    Sep-17  Aug-17
Manufacturing Indexes
Composite Index                   17      16        35      23        26      23
Production                        22      22        56      27        38      38
Volume of shipments               25      23        49      29        38      38
Volume of new orders              10      25        47      27        27      39
Backlog of orders                  7      13        37      18        21      19
Number of employees               18      14        30      22        26      26
Average employee workweek          7       9        31      20         7       1
Prices rcvd for fin
product                           13       8        38      29        29      34
Prices paid for raw matl          24      21        56      48        39      39
Capital expenditures            #N/A    #N/A        26      21        13      18
New orders for exports             6       4        10       9         8       4
Supplier delivery time*           22      10        27      23        18      14
Inventories:
Materials                         11      10        16      18        19      -2
Plants' finished goods            -6       2         2       6         9      -6
--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 202-371-2121; email: holly.stokes@marketnews.com
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