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

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