Creighton University

"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 2006

Index

US

MA

Iowa

Overall

51.4

53.8

40.4

New Orders

52.1

54.0

36.4

Production

51.8

52.7

37.5

Delivery Lead Time

53.4

49.5

40.9

Employment

49.7

53.1

45.8

Inventories

48.4

55.9

47.7

Prices

47.5

68.3

68.2

Confidence

N/A

47.3

39.6

November 2006

Index

US

MA

Iowa

Overall

49.5

54.1

42.0

New Orders

48.7

57.3

33.3

Production

48.5

54.5

38.0

Delivery Lead Time

52.8

54.4

45.7

Employment

49.2

50.5

52.0

Inventories

49.7

50.0

52.2

Prices

53.5

69.4

69.6

Confidence

N/A

50.5

48.0

October 2006

Index

US

MA

Iowa

Overall

51.2

55.1

51.8

New Orders

52.1

55.6

46.0

Production

51.9

55.7

54.0

Delivery Lead Time

50.2

53.3

50.0

Employment

50.8

54.2

58.0

Inventories

49.4

56.3

54.3

Prices

47.0

73.1

73.9

Confidence

N/A

55.8

52.0

September 2006

Index

US

MA

Iowa

Overall

52.9

57.0

55.7

New Orders

54.2

55.8

53.7

Production

56.1

60.1

59.3

Delivery Lead Time

54.1

54.6

48.0

Employment

49.4

56.5

57.7

Inventories

46.4

57.1

60.0

Prices

61.0

75.2

78.0

Confidence

N/A

51.2

48.1

August 2006

Index

US

MA

Iowa

Overall

54.5

56.3

53.0

New Orders

54.2

53.1

48.4

Production

56.6

59.9

56.5

Delivery Lead Time

55.0

51.3

43.1

Employment

54.0

57.0

60.0

Inventories

50.2

63.1

58.6

Prices

73.0

80.2

82.8

Confidence

N/A

47.4

53.2

July 2006

Index

US

MA

Iowa

Overall

54.7

60.2

58.0

New Orders

56.1

61.6

59.6

Production

57.6

65.2

61.5

Delivery Lead Time

55.4

55.2

47.9

Employment

50.7

58.5

59.6

Inventories

44.5

54.4

56.3

Prices

78.5

82.2

81.3

Confidence

N/A

52.1

57.7

June 2006

Index

US

MA

Iowa

Overall

53.8

57.9

65.9

New Orders

57.9

57.8

70.0

Production

55.1

57.3

70.1

Delivery Lead Time

55.0

54.8

60.9

Employment

48.7

60.2

60.0

Inventories

46.9

59.7

63.0

Prices

76.5

81.9

76.1

Confidence

N/A

57.3

56.0

May 2006

Index

US

MA

Iowa

Overall

54.4

65.7

65.7

New Orders

53.7

67.6

64.6

Production

57.2

69.9

68.8

Delivery Lead Time

57.6

59.4

61.4

Employment

52.9

65.5

66.7

Inventories

48.0

58.7

65.9

Prices

77.0

83.0

77.3

Confidence

N/A

62.3

58.3

April 2006

Index

US

MA

Iowa

Overall

57.3

66.0

59.6

New Orders

57.6

69.0

65.2

Production

60.4

69.8

60.9

Delivery Lead Time

57.7

59.0

50.0

Employment

55.8

64.5

54.3

Inventories

51.3

60.8

64.3

Prices

71.5

79.1

76.2

Confidence

N/A

63.7

54.3

March 2006

Index

US

MA

Iowa

Overall

55.2

63.6

58.0

New Orders

58.4

68.5

67.9

Production

57.5

69.9

62.1

Delivery Lead Time

53.1

54.5

46.2

Employment

52.5

58.5

48.3

Inventories

48.7

56.9

55.8

Prices

66.5

78.6

75.0

Confidence

N/A

60.4

55.2

February 2006

Index

US

MA

Iowa

Overall

56.7

59.9

61.5

New Orders

61.9

61.0

68.2

Production

57.4

62.0

70.8

Delivery Lead Time

52.2

54.5

47.5

Employment

55.0

58.4

56.3

Inventories

49.6

56.0

50.0

Prices

62.5

74.3

67.5

Confidence

N/A

64.6

60.4

January 2006

Index

US

MA

Iowa

Overall

54.8

59.8

58.0

New Orders

58.0

63.5

58.3

Production

56.6

64.0

65.8

Delivery Lead Time

55.3

55.6

41.2

Employment

51.3

54.2

63.2

Inventories

46.5

55.5

52.9

Prices

65.0

75.6

70.6

Confidence

N/A

59.7

69.4