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US Data: Kansas City Fed Diffusion Indexes - Summary

Release for: July 2018
Source: Kansas City Federal Reserve
Diffusion Indexes, seasonally adjusted except year/year
                                 m/m     m/m       y/y     y/y        6m      6m
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                              Jul-18  Jun-18    Jul-18  Jun-18    Jul-18  Jun-18
Manufacturing Indexes
Composite Index                   23      28        44      43        34      36
Production                        22      38        48      45        49      53
Volume of shipments               12      39        44      51        52      52
Volume of new orders              21      27        49      53        37      42
Backlog of orders                  9      10        43      35        29      25
Number of employees               26      24        47      48        42      37
Average employee workweek         14      25        33      44        13      31
Prices rcvd for fin
product                           27      22        60      60        43      40
Prices paid for raw matl          52      47        86      79        68      67
Capital expenditures             n/a     n/a        39      32        38      36
New orders for exports             6       6        13       7         8       7
Supplier delivery time*           28      22        42      31        29      20
Inventories:
Materials                         17      27        32      36        15      30
Plants' finished goods            11      16        23      26         7      23
--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 (973) 494-2611; email: harrison.clarke@marketnews.com
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