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US Data: Kansas City Fed Diffusion Indexes - Summary

Release for: October 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
                              Oct-17  Sep-17    Oct-17  Sep-17    Oct-17  Sep-17
Manufacturing Indexes
Composite Index                   23      17        34      35        32      26
Production                        20      22        41      56        47      38
Volume of shipments               25      25        42      49        45      38
Volume of new orders              27      10        45      47        45      27
Backlog of orders                 23       7        34      37        33      21
Number of employees               21      18        30      30        35      26
Average employee workweek         12       7        26      31        27       7
Prices rcvd for fin
product                           13      13        33      38        32      29
Prices paid for raw matl          25      24        61      56        43      39
Capital expenditures            #N/A    #N/A        21      26        22      13
New orders for exports             8       6         9      10        15       8
Supplier delivery time*           20      22        26      27         9      18
Inventories:
Materials                         29      11        30      16        22      19
Plants' finished goods            18      -6        15       2        17       9
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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