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Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey
Finished Goods Inventories Index
October 2011
Finished Goods Inventories—Index
Oct 10 |
Nov 10 |
Dec 10 |
Jan 11 |
Feb 11 |
Mar 11 |
Apr 11 |
May 11 |
Jun 11 |
Jul 11 |
Aug 11 |
Sep 11 |
Oct 11 |
| Current Finished Goods Inventories | ||||||||||||
-12.5
|
-12.2
|
-1.1
|
-8.3
|
8.4
|
1.0
|
4.2
|
-4.3
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
-6.4
|
-6.4
|
-6.7
|
| Future Finished Goods Inventories (six months from report period) | ||||||||||||
-5.9
|
6.2
|
22.3
|
5.2
|
6.4
|
0.0
|
-1.0
|
-1.1
|
2.4
|
-3.5
|
-18.3
|
-17.4
|
-6.8
|
Finished Goods Inventories—Composition of Responses
Oct 10 |
Nov 10 |
Dec 10 |
Jan 11 |
Feb 11 |
Mar 11 |
Apr 11 |
May 11 |
Jun 11 |
Jul 11 |
Aug 11 |
Sep 11 |
Oct 11 |
|
| Current Finished Goods Inventories | |||||||||||||
% Increase |
14.4 |
10.2 |
15.6 |
12.5 |
22.1 |
18.0 |
17.0 |
11.8 |
14.3 |
14.0 |
17.0 |
14.0 |
14.4 |
N/C |
58.7 |
67.3 |
67.7 |
66.7 |
64.2 |
65.0 |
70.2 |
72.0 |
71.4 |
72.1 |
59.6 |
65.6 |
64.4 |
% Decrease |
26.9 |
22.4 |
16.7 |
20.8 |
13.7 |
17.0 |
12.8 |
16.1 |
14.3 |
14.0 |
23.4 |
20.4 |
21.1 |
Oct 10 |
Nov 10 |
Dec 10 |
Jan 11 |
Feb 11 |
Mar 11 |
Apr 11 |
May 11 |
Jun 11 |
Jul 11 |
Aug 11 |
Sep 11 |
Oct 11 |
|
| Future Finished Goods Inventories (six months from report period) | |||||||||||||
% Increase |
12.9 |
20.6 |
35.1 |
18.9 |
16.1 |
15.2 |
15.1 |
14.1 |
19.3 |
11.8 |
8.6 |
8.7 |
10.2 |
N/C |
68.3 |
64.9 |
52.1 |
67.4 |
74.2 |
69.7 |
68.8 |
70.7 |
63.9 |
72.9 |
64.5 |
65.2 |
72.7 |
% Decrease |
18.8 |
14.4 |
12.8 |
13.7 |
9.7 |
15.2 |
16.1 |
15.2 |
16.9 |
15.3 |
26.9 |
26.1 |
17.0 |
NOTE: Survey responses are used to calculate an index for each indicator. Each index is calculated by subtracting the percentage of respondents reporting a decrease from the percentage reporting an increase. When the share of firms reporting an increase exceeds the share of firms reporting a decrease, the index will be greater than zero, suggesting the indicator has increased over the prior month. If the share of firms reporting a decrease exceeds the share reporting an increase, the index will be below zero, suggesting the indicator has decreased over the prior month. An index will be zero when the number of firms reporting an increase is equal to the number of firms reporting a decrease. Items may not add up to 100 percent because of rounding.
Questions regarding the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey can be addressed to Emily Kerr at emily.kerr@dal.frb.org.
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