U.S. Chicago Purchasing Managers Statistics for June (Table)
Written on July 1, 2008
Following is a summary of Chicago area business activity from the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago.
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June May April March Feb. Jan. Dec. Nov. Oct. 6-mo.
2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 Avg. =============================================================================== Business barometer 49.6 49.1 48.3 48.2 44.5 51.5 56.4 53.6 50.9 48.5 ——————————————————————————- Prices paid 85.5 87.5 82.9 83.9 79.4 81.7 67.4 74.1 73.9 83.5 Production 45.1 51.5 53.0 50.4 46.5 51.3 62.0 60.4 51.4 49.6 New orders 52.0 56.1 53.0 53.9 48.8 44.7 56.7 49.4 51.5 51.4 Order backlogs 42.3 46.8 39.5 40.0 38.3 48.0 60.7 45.2 40.9 42.5 Inventories 50.5 42.2 51.9 42.0 46.0 51.1 44.3 45.6 47.7 47.3 Employment 46.7 41.2 35.3 44.6 33.5 47.0 49.3 52.6 50.2 41.4 Supplier deliveries 58.8 51.0 52.5 54.9 39.6 61.7 48.7 46.7 50.4 53.1 ——————————————————————————-
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June May April March Feb paydayloans. Jan. Dec. Nov. Oct. 6-mo.
2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 Avg. ===============================================================================
————- Buying policy: average days ————- Production material 34.6 30.7 25.5 34.4 27.4 25.5 21.9 23.8 26.7 29.7 M.R.O. supplies 10.0 10.3 10.3 10.5 10.0 12.8 6.7 12.5 9.1 10.7 Capital equipment 111.9 103.3 115.0 127.2 113.4 115.8 114.6 122.4 121.4 114.4 =============================================================================== NOTE: All figures are seasonally adjusted.
SOURCE: National Association of Purchasing Management- Chicago. Copyright Kingsbury International, Ltd. 2006, Reprinted with permission.
Filed in: online.