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Chicago PMI index 59.2 in Dec vs 64.1 in Nov
Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | December 30, 2003

Posted on 12/30/2003 8:37:31 AM PST by Starwind

Chicago PMI index 59.2 in Dec vs 64.1 in Nov
Tuesday December 30, 10:06 am ET

 NEW YORK, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The National Association of
Purchasing Management-Chicago said on Tuesday its index of
Midwest manufacturing activity fell a bit in December to 59.2
from November's 64.1.
.                    Dec   Nov    Oct   Sept  Aug   July  June
(seasonal adj)
NAPM-Chicago         59.2  64.1   55.0  51.2  58.9  55.9  52.5
Production*          63.4  69.0   62.0  55.8  61.6  58.4  56.5
New Orders*          65.5  73.3   59.2  53.2  60.5  61.7  54.8
Order Backlog*       50.8  59.6   47.3  50.7  51.0  49.4  45.8
Inventories          40.6  43.4   38.1  52.8  49.8  39.4  48.8
Employment*          49.6  48.5   53.1  45.3  51.2  46.0  43.8
Supplier Deliveries* 55.7  53.9   49.2  45.8  51.8  49.3  52.5
Prices Paid*         58.6  67.3   61.5  51.8  52.4  47.9  49.1
(* indicates components used to calculate index)


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: businessbarometer; chicagopmi; napm; pmi; purchasingmanagers
The full Chicago NAPM report (.pdf) is at The CHICAGO Report - December 2003
1 posted on 12/30/2003 8:37:31 AM PST by Starwind
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To: AntiGuv; arete; sourcery; Soren; Tauzero; imawit; David; AdamSelene235; sarcasm; OwenKellogg; ...
The NAPM website is late updating their link. The report should be at the above link when they get to it...
2 posted on 12/30/2003 8:38:42 AM PST by Starwind (The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only true good news)
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To: AntiGuv; arete; sourcery; Soren; Tauzero; imawit; David; AdamSelene235; sarcasm; OwenKellogg
Have any of you been able to pull the December report from the above link?
3 posted on 12/30/2003 10:33:45 AM PST by Starwind (The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only true good news)
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