- Prior month 18.7
- Current month (December) -3.90
- Estimate 10.0
- New orders 0.0 versus 15.9 last month.
- Shipments -5.7 versus 60.8 last month.
- Employment 7.3 versus 6.6 last month.
- Average employee workweek 3.5 versus 7.7 last month
- Prices paid 37.6 versus 49.0 last month.
- Prices received 19.8 versus 24.0 last month.
The forward-looking components showed:
- General business conditions 35.7 versus 19.1 last month
- New orders 38.0 versus 23.3 last month
- shipments 33.3 versus 23.3 last month.
- Number of employees 8.8 versus 11.9 last month.
- Average employee workweek 12.9 versus 5 point last month
- Prices paid 55.4 versus 62.5 last month
- Prices received 46.5 versus 41.3 last month
- Capital expenditures 6.9 versus 11.5 last month
- unfilled orders 12.9 versus 1.0 last month
This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.
