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US Data: Kansas City Fed Diffusion Indexes - Summary

Release for: September 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
                              Sep-18  Aug-18    Sep-18  Aug-18    Sep-18  Aug-18
Manufacturing Indexes
Composite Index                   13      14        41      37        27      29
Production                        10      10        44      34        38      44
Volume of shipments                2      18        42      32        34      40
Volume of new orders              15       9        46      44        35      36
Backlog of orders                  4       8        41      35        17      16
Number of employees                1      14        36      33        29      33
Average employee workweek          3       1        24      25        14      15
Prices rcvd for fin
product                           24      27        56      50        44      28
Prices paid for raw matl          45      44        79      67        57      40
Capital expenditures             n/a     n/a        47      43        36      28
New orders for exports             1      -1        11       9        15       9
Supplier delivery time*           18      19        35      39        18      21
Inventories:
Materials                         20      17        45      34        17      11
Plants' finished goods             7       9        31      30         9      10
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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