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US Data: Kansas City Fed Diffusion Indexes - Summary

Release for: August 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
                              Aug-18  Jul-18    Aug-18  Jul-18    Aug-18  Jul-18
Manufacturing Indexes
Composite Index                   14      23        37      44        29      34
Production                        10      22        34      48        44      49
Volume of shipments               18      12        32      44        40      52
Volume of new orders               9      21        44      49        36      37
Backlog of orders                  8       9        35      43        16      29
Number of employees               14      26        33      47        33      42
Average employee workweek          1      14        25      33        15      13
Prices rcvd for fin
product                           27      27        50      60        28      43
Prices paid for raw matl          44      52        67      86        40      68
Capital expenditures             n/a     n/a        43      39        28      38
New orders for exports            -1       6         9      13         9       8
Supplier delivery time*           19      28        39      42        21      29
Inventories:
Materials                         17      17        34      32        11      15
Plants' finished goods             9      11        30      23        10       7
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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