TABLE-Dallas Fed Texas activity index -60.6 in December

Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:40pm GMT
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 Dec 29 (Reuters) - Details of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Dallas' Texas monthly manufacturing outlook survey released on
Monday.
 Following are details from the survey (unadjusted):
                                          Expected 6
                               Dec    Nov  months
                             Index  Index  Index
General Business Activity       -60.6  -61.0  -37.1
Production                      -33.0  -21.0    0.0
Capacity utilization            -38.9  -22.0    0.9
Volume of new orders            -50.0  -38.0    0.0
Growth rate of orders           -47.7  -46.0   -5.6
Unfilled orders                 -32.1  -33.0  -19.5
Volume of shipments             -30.3  -28.0   -1.8
Delivery time                   -16.8  -15.0  -17.8
Materials inventories           -17.4  -29.0  -25.0
Finished goods inventories      -21.1  -23.5  -23.2
Prices paid for raw materials   -50.0  -38.0  -16.6
Prices received
for finished goods              -25.0  -18.0  -18.8
Wages and benefits                0.9    5.0   21.3
Number of employees             -24.8  -23.0  -17.7
Average employee workweek       -33.9  -26.2   -4.7
Capital expenditures            -24.8  -16.1  -22.4
                                          Expected 6
                               Dec   Nov   months
                             Index  Index  Index
How has the                     -43.1  -38.7  -27.7
outlook for your
company changed?
NOTES:
The index measures Texas' factory activity. Readings above
zero indicate expansion and negative levels contraction. The
survey, which began in 2004, does not yet have a sufficiently
large sample size to permit seasonal adjustment.

 
 
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