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US Data: Kansas City Fed Diffusion Indexes - Summary

Release for: February 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
                              Feb-18  Jan-18    Feb-18  Jan-18    Feb-18  Jan-18
Manufacturing Indexes
Composite Index                   17      16        38      35        38      29
Production                        21      16        51      40        56      37
Volume of shipments               24      14        54      39        49      32
Volume of new orders              16      14        55      37        49      36
Backlog of orders                 13      20        47      42        32      30
Number of employees               23      18        39      31        41      33
Average employee workweek         11       2        28      30        25      23
Prices rcvd for fin
product                           26      21        51      49        53      44
Prices paid for raw matl          50      34        71      65        73      58
Capital expenditures             n/a     n/a        37      34        36      38
New orders for exports             2       6        18      15        16      19
Supplier delivery time*           16      18        20      27        18      25
Inventories:
Materials                          8      15        23      38        23      15
Plants' finished goods             4       3        18      15        11      19
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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