Dallas Fed service sector index of general business activity
The Dallas Fed's January service sector index of
- General business activity fell to 11.1 versus 13.5 last month
- service sector revenue index rose to 18.8 in January versus 17.9 in December
- employment 8.4 versus 5.5 in December
- part-time employment 0.6 versus 2.3 in December
- hours worked 3.3 versus 4.1 in December
- wages and benefits 19.4 versus 19.2 in December
- input prices 27.0 versus 25.7 in December
- selling prices 16.9 versus 6.9 in December
- capital expenditures 10.1 versus 11.8 December
- company outlook 12.5 versus 11.3
The indicators six-month ahead are mostly showing positive expectations. The negatives are input prices and capital expenditures:
- revenue 43.7 versus 37.8 last month
- employment 27.7 versus 22.3 last month
- part-time employment 9.9 versus 8.7 last month
- hours worked 11.0 versus 4.5 last month
- wages and benefits 40.7 versus 39.4 last month
- input prices 41.4 versus 46.6 last month
- selling prices 30.5 versus 26.5 last month
- capital expenditures 25.5 versus 29.0 last month