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2005

 

 

"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

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December 2005

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

54.2

56.1

70.9

New Orders

55.5

58.3

75.0

Production

57.0

58.4

71.4

Delivery Lead Time

53.5

53.0

75.1

Employment

52.7

53.5

64.3

Inventories

47.2

53.2

64.3

Prices

63.0

79.1

89.3

Confidence

N/A

61.9

53.6

 

November 2005

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

58.1

56.9

61.9

New Orders

59.8

58.3

61.8

Production

60.6

62.0

58.8

Delivery Lead Time

58.3

55.4

73.5

Employment

56.6

52.1

58.9

Inventories

49.3

51.5

58.8

Prices

74.0

82.7

88.2

Confidence

N/A

51.8

61.8

 

October 2005

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

59.1

58.3

55.2

New Orders

61.7

59.5

59.5

Production

62.0

61.9

50.0

Delivery Lead Time

61.7

57.7

65.6

Employment

55.0

54.7

50.0

Inventories

48.1

54.5

50.0

Prices

84.0

84.3

90.6

Confidence

N/A

45.5

50.0

 

September 2005

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

59.4

59.9

59.3

New Orders

63.8

62.6

69.2

Production

63.1

65.4

61.5

Delivery Lead Time

59.3

56.1

61.5

Employment

53.1

53.6

42.3

Inventories

49.6

55.8

54.2

Prices

78.0

85.9

84.6

Confidence

N/A

50.8

45.8

 

August 2005

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

53.6

60.4

60.9

New Orders

56.4

62.0

65.0

Production

55.9

67.1

67.5

Delivery Lead Time

50.5

54.1

60.0

Employment

52.6

57.5

47.5

Inventories

45.7

54.2

60.5

Prices

62.5

73.1

52.5

Confidence

N/A

54.1

52.6

 

July 2005

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

56.6

59.7

57.9

New Orders

60.6

61.1

57.5

Production

61.2

64.2

62.5

Delivery Lead Time

51.8

50.7

55.0

Employment

53.2

60.7

55.1

Inventories

47.5

55.3

57.5

Prices

48.5

60.9

37.5

Confidence

N/A

61.5

47.5

 

June 2005

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

53.8

59.2

61.9

New Orders

57.2

59.3

63.9

Production

55.6

62.6

66.7

Delivery Lead Time

53.1

51.5

55.6

Employment

49.9

61.7

66.8

Inventories

47.8

56.9

44.4

Prices

50.5

60.1

55.6

Confidence

N/A

58.1

44.4

 

May 2005

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

51.4

60.7

65.1

New Orders

51.7

63.1

71.4

Production

54.9

68.1

71.6

Delivery Lead Time

50.5

48.9

59.5

Employment

48.8

60.1

57.1

Inventories

47.8

54.5

54.8

Prices

58.0

65.8

64.3

Confidence

N/A

58.6

54.8

 

April 2005

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

53.3

58.0

61.4

New Orders

53.7

59.7

65.8

Production

56.7

60.7

68.4

Delivery Lead Time

51.5

53.6

55.3

Employment

52.3

56.1

50.0

Inventories

47.9

56.9

63.2

Prices

71.0

75.4

71.1

Confidence

N/A

59.4

60.5

 

March 2005

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

55.2

61.3

61.0

New Orders

57.1

66.7

63.9

Production

56.5

64.2

63.9

Delivery Lead Time

52.5

50.4

61.1

Employment

53.3

62.4

55.6

Inventories

54.1

57.5

55.6

Prices

73.0

79.6

75.0

Confidence

N/A

64.5

52.9

 

February 2005

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

55.3

62.3

61.7

New Orders

55.8

65.9

63.3

Production

56.7

66.6

60.0

Delivery Lead Time

53.9

52.1

66.7

Employment

57.4

62.4

56.7

Inventories

48.6

56.3

63.3

Prices

65.5

79.7

73.3

Confidence

N/A

68.4

57.1

 

January 2005

Index

US

MA

Arkansas

Overall

56.4

60.7

54.9

New Orders

56.5

62.9

50.0

Production

57.8

65.4

55.9

Delivery Lead Time

53.7

53.5

70.6

Employment

58.1

60.3

47.1

Inventories

52.8

54.2

58.8

Prices

69.0

83.7

88.2

Confidence

N/A

70.3

70.6