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US Data: Kansas City Fed Diffusion Indexes - Summary

Release for: December 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
                              Dec-17  Nov-17    Dec-17  Nov-17    Dec-17  Nov-17
Manufacturing Indexes
Composite Index                   14      16        30      37        22      27
Production                        21      15        36      51        29      40
Volume of shipments                8      20        39      49        28      37
Volume of new orders               7      22        38      41        27      31
Backlog of orders                  6      12        20      42        16      28
Number of employees               19      16        35      32        33      35
Average employee workweek         10       7        28      35        14      15
Prices rcvd for fin
product                           15      12        37      35        33      37
Prices paid for raw matl          21      24        55      64        51      59
Capital expenditures            #N/A    #N/A        39      19        19      20
New orders for exports             4      -2         8       9         9       7
Supplier delivery time*           16       8        25      18        17      16
Inventories:
Materials                          9      22        15      45         6      13
Plants' finished goods           -11       2         8      28        12       7
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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