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US Data: Kansas City Fed Diffusion Indexes - Summary

Release for: May 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
                              May-18  Apr-18    May-18  Apr-18    May-18  Apr-18
Manufacturing Indexes
Composite Index                   29      26        45      36        26      31
Production                        41      33        56      40        32      44
Volume of shipments               42      37        56      34        39      47
Volume of new orders              38      37        54      43        26      30
Backlog of orders                 27      29        41      38        24      26
Number of employees               24      26        49      35        35      35
Average employee workweek         24      10        37      28        12      23
Prices rcvd for fin
product                           22      29        56      60        44      53
Prices paid for raw matl          53      52        77      74        63      66
Capital expenditures             n/a     n/a        33      26        33      37
New orders for exports             9       1        13      10        11      12
Supplier delivery time*           23      17        37      28        30      28
Inventories:
Materials                         19      17        28      32         7      19
Plants' finished goods            11       4        24      12         3      11
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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