- Prior month 10.7
- New orders 15.9 versus 3.7 last month
- shipments 16.8 versus 14.4 last month.
- Employment 6.6 versus 6.2 last month.
- Average employee workweek 7.7 versus -4.1 last month.
- Prices paid 49.0 versus 52.4 last month.
- Prices received 24.0 versus 27.2 last month
- inventories 6.7 versus -1.0 last month.
- Delivery time 7.7 versus 3.9 last month.
- Unfilled orders -5.8 versus -3.9 last month.
Looking at the six-month forward conditions and expectations:
- General business conditions 19.1 versus 30.3 last month.
- New orders 23.3 versus 34.9 last month.
- Shipments 23.3 versus 31.6 last month.
- Number of employees 11.9 versus 7.5 last month
- average employee workweek 5.8 versus 9.7 last month.
- Prices paid 62.5 versus 65.0 last month.
- Prices received 41.3 versus 43.7 last month
- Capital expenditures 11.5 versus -2.9 last month
- unfilled orders 1.0 versus 5.8 last month.
- Delivery time 1.0 versus 5.8 last month.
- Inventories 8.7 versus 7.8 last month
This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.











