TABLE-Dallas Fed Texas activity index -60.6 in December
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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