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The full Fed Res Bank of NY report (.pdf) is at Empire State Manufacturing Survey - August 2003

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Last paragraph got snipped...should be:

The six-month business outlook indicated a high degree of optimism, the Fed said. The six-month business outlook rose to 59.47 from 51.75 in July and shipments climbed to its highest level in a year. Future new orders improved to 58.98 from 51.71 and even employment was expected to increase, though slowly.