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US Data: Kansas City Fed Diffusion Indexes - Summary

Release for: November 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
                              Nov-18  Oct-18    Nov-18  Oct-18    Nov-18  Oct-18
Manufacturing Indexes
Composite Index                   15       8        40      45        16      21
Production                        24       5        39      54        27      37
Volume of shipments               31      14        47      50        25      34
Volume of new orders              20       7        46      57        25      41
Backlog of orders                 18       6        34      40         8      27
Number of employees                6       8        49      49        20      15
Average employee workweek          3       4        30      30        12       7
Prices rcvd for fin
product                           23      19        61      60        30      38
Prices paid for raw matl          41      33        75      78        46      37
Capital expenditures             n/a     n/a        48      30        23      14
New orders for exports             6       3        20      11        20       8
Supplier delivery time*           11       8        23      27         6      11
Inventories:
Materials                         15      10        42      37         3       3
Plants' finished goods            11       7        33      21         8      -5
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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