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2004

"US" indicates the National PMI numbers announced by the NAPM
"MA" indicates the overall index for the Mid-American region
Index greater than 50.0% indicates expansion

 

 

December 2004

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

58.6

59.0

51.0

New Orders

67.4

61.2

47.7

Production

56.9

65.1

52.3

Delivery Lead Time

54.9

54.9

68.2

Employment

52.7

53.8

40.9

Inventories

53.4

53.5

52.3

Prices

72.0

84.4

86.4

Confidence

N/A

70.5

63.6

 

November 2004

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

57.8

63.8

49.8

New Orders

61.5

67.0

47.8

Production

57.0

69.6

47.8

Delivery Lead Time

56.5

56.2

60.9

Employment

57.6

61.5

45.7

Inventories

50.7

56.0

52.2

Prices

74.0

81.4

80.4

Confidence

N/A

65.2

56.5

 

October 2004

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

56.8

61.6

52.6

New Orders

58.3

63.6

48.0

Production

58.9

66.8

52.0

Delivery Lead Time

58.6

52.6

64.0

Employment

54.8

59.6

52.0

Inventories

48.2

60.2

52.0

Prices

78.5

86.8

88.0

Confidence

N/A

61.8

56.0

 

September 2004

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

58.5

63.9

56.9

New Orders

58.1

66.6

52.1

Production

61.6

68.9

58.3

Delivery Lead Time

59.6

60.3

70.8

Employment

58.1

60.0

50.0

Inventories

51.0

56.9

60.4

Prices

76.0

88.3

95.8

Confidence

N/A

64.8

52.1

 

August 2004

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

59.0

61.3

62.1

New Orders

61.2

61.7

60.0

Production

59.5

63.4

74.0

Delivery Lead Time

63.2

59.3

74.1

Employment

55.7

61.3

50.0

Inventories

51.7

58.1

70.0

Prices

81.5

88.1

90.0

Confidence

N/A

70.9

54.0

 

July 2004

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

62.0

64.2

64.6

New Orders

64.7

64.7

66.0

Production

66.1

69.1

68.0

Delivery Lead Time

49.9

63.0

76.0

Employment

57.3

61.3

52.0

Inventories

64.2

58.1

60.0

Prices

77.0

83.4

84.0

Confidence

N/A

71.9

64.0

 

June 2004

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

61.1

68.2

70.1

New Orders

60.0

71.6

75.0

Production

63.2

73.4

77.1

Delivery Lead Time

68.1

59.9

70.8

Employment

59.7

65.4

58.3

Inventories

51.1

62.3

60.4

Prices

81.0

86.9

91.7

Confidence

N/A

74.4

77.1

 

May 2004

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

62.8

67.6

67.0

New Orders

62.8

72.8

72.0

Production

64.8

72.4

70.0

Delivery Lead Time

69.4

61.9

58.0

Employment

61.9

63.0

66.0

Inventories

49.3

57.5

60.0

Prices

86.0

86.6

96.0

Confidence

N/A

71.4

80.0

 

April 2004

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

62.4

70.3

60.4

New Orders

65.0

77.1

65.9

Production

67.0

75.7

61.4

Delivery Lead Time

67.1

61.9

59.5

Employment

57.8

65.0

56.8

Inventories

44.8

59.5

50.0

Prices

88.0

89.8

90.9

Confidence

N/A

78.1

75.0

 

March 2004

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

62.5

69.7

64.9

New Orders

65.7

76.7

68.8

Production

65.5

76.5

68.8

Delivery Lead Time

67.9

60.1

65.2

Employment

57.0

62.7

56.3

Inventories

48.3

60.5

60.4

Prices

86.0

87.5

91.7

Confidence

N/A

71.9

72.9

 

February 2004

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

61.4

64.2

60.4

New Orders

66.4

68.7

60.0

Production

63.9

68.6

60.0

Delivery Lead Time

62.1

59.7

60.0

Employment

56.3

58.4

60.0

Inventories

49.4

58.2

64.0

Prices

81.5

82.2

88.0

Confidence

N/A

76.9

84.0

 

January 2004

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

63.6

62.0

49.4

New Orders

71.1

68.4

47.7

Production

71.1

67.4

50.0

Delivery Lead Time

60.4

54.7

52.3

Employment

52.9

55.2

47.7

Inventories

48.9

54.2

52.3

Prices

75.5

75.0

79.5

Confidence

N/A

83.5

88.1