- Prior month -15
- Composite index -5 versus -15 last month. Best level since October last year.
- Services index -16 verses for last month
- Manufacturing shipments -15 versus -15 last month
Other details:
- Employment 7 versus -15 last month
- Wages 22 versus 30 last month.
- Prices paid 3.52 versus 4.19 last month.
- Prices received 2.05 versus 2.80 last month.
- New orders -5 versus -16 last month.
- Backlog of orders -15 versus -23 last month.
- Capacity utilization -4 versus -27 last month.
- Capital expenditures -7 versus 0 last month
- Services expenditure -11 versus -12 last month.
- Equipment and software spending zero versus 4 last month.
Forward expectations:
- Employees 12 versus 9 last month
- Wages 43 versus 48 last month.
- Prices paid 3.03 versus 3.12 last month.
- Prices received 2.08 versus 1.38 last month.
- New orders 22 versus 20 last month.
- Shipments 22 versus 10 last month
- capital expenditures -5 versus nine last month.
- Finished goods inventory five versus 10 last month.
- Raw materials inventory six versus 10 last month.
- Equipment and software spending -3 versus 10 last month.
- Services expenditures -17 versus -11 last month.
Overall a better report. Forward guidance was mixed. Price data was mixed. Employment was better with or wages.
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