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US Data: Kansas City Fed Diffusion Indexes - Summary

Release for: January 2018
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
                              Jan-18  Dec-17    Jan-18  Dec-17    Jan-18  Dec-17
Manufacturing Indexes
Composite Index                   16      13        35      30        29      23
Production                        16      16        40      36        37      29
Volume of shipments               14      10        39      39        32      28
Volume of new orders              14      11        37      38        36      24
Backlog of orders                 20       8        42      20        30      13
Number of employees               18      16        31      35        33      36
Average employee workweek          2      10        30      28        23      10
Prices rcvd for fin
product                           21      11        49      37        44      31
Prices paid for raw matl          34      15        65      55        58      49
Capital expenditures             n/a     n/a        34      39        38      22
New orders for exports             6       4        15       8        19       9
Supplier delivery time*           18      13        27      25        25      18
Inventories:
Materials                         15       7        38      15        15       7
Plants' finished goods             3      -8        15       8        19      12
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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