Prices paid stronger as well at 91.5. Inventories up as well. Employment down. Imports down and exports down. The contributors were not the ones that are beneficial (i.e. prices, inventories).
June May April
2008 2008 2008
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Manufacturing index 50.2 49.6 48.6
Prices paid 91.5 87.0 84.5
Production 51.5 51.2 49.1
New orders 49.6 49.7 46.5
Backlog of orders 47.5 46.0 51.5
Supplier deliveries 55.1 53.7 54.0
Inventories 51.2 48.0 48.1
Customer inventories 55.0 47.0 45.0
Employment 43.7 45.5 45.4
New export orders 58.5 59.5 57.5
Imports 46.0 49.5 48.0