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US Data: Kansas City Fed Diffusion Indexes - Summary

Release for: March 2019
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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                              Mar-19  Feb-19    Mar-19  Feb-19    Mar-19  Feb-19
Manufacturing Indexes
Composite Index                   10       1        27      23        22      13
Production                        17      -4        29      13        28      18
Volume of shipments               14     -14        29      10        33      15
Volume of new orders               4     -10        25      15        29      13
Backlog of orders                  9     -18        11      16        17       4
Number of employees               14      10        34      44        34      28
Average employee workweek         14       0        12       4        13       5
Prices rcvd for fin
product                            7      18        53      52        39      34
Prices paid for raw matl          15      19        64      73        45      43
Capital expenditures             n/a     n/a        15      11        31      12
New orders for exports             5      -2        10      -6         6      -3
Supplier delivery time*            8      10        14      19        15      12
Inventories:
Materials                          9      -2        35      24         7      -4
Plants' finished goods             0       4        27      14         6       2
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*Diffusion index is the
difference between the
percentage of total
respondents reporting
increases and percentage
reporting decreases
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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