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US Data: Kansas City Fed Diffusion Indexes - Summary

Release for: April 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
                              Apr-18  Mar-18    Apr-18  Mar-18    Apr-18  Mar-18
Manufacturing Indexes
Composite Index                   26      17        36      37        31      33
Production                        33      20        40      45        44      42
Volume of shipments               37      12        34      36        47      42
Volume of new orders              37      -1        43      44        30      42
Backlog of orders                 29      14        38      31        26      30
Number of employees               26      26        35      37        35      36
Average employee workweek         10      15        28      23        23      17
Prices rcvd for fin
product                           29      24        60      49        53      48
Prices paid for raw matl          52      55        74      74        66      72
Capital expenditures             n/a     n/a        26      19        37      37
New orders for exports             1       1        10      12        12      14
Supplier delivery time*           17      30        28      30        28      23
Inventories:
Materials                         17      11        32      30        19      21
Plants' finished goods             4       9        12      19        11      15
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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