| Region |
Economy |
Main Index |
Comments
|
| Austin |
Expanding |
51.2 |
Prices, employment, and supplier delivery up since October.
|
| Boston |
Contracting |
41.5 |
Employment, New Orders, Deliveries, Prices, Exports, Order Backlog and PMI up.
|
| Buffalo |
Expanding |
57.2 |
The Buffalo-Niagara region remained in expansionary territory.
|
| Chicago |
Expanding |
63.0 |
Chicago Business Barometer down 2.9 points to 63.0 in November.
|
| Cincinnati |
Expanding |
59.0*** |
This month's regional report was not available at the time of posting. Up-to-date regional reports may later become available at the affiliate website.
|
| Denver |
Expanding |
52.3** |
Business activity remains positive across the board.
|
| Denver (Non-mfg.) |
Expanding |
64.9 |
Prices increased in the Capital Goods sector, decreased in the Components sector and remained unchanged in the MRO.
|
| Houston |
Expanding |
60.8** |
Economic activity in the Houston area has been over 50 PMI for the last forty-eight consecutive months.
|
| Mid-American States |
Expanding |
51.2 |
The Mid-America and Mountain States surveys are pointing to the same economic outcome for the final quarter of 2013; slow to no growth.
|
| New York City |
Expanding |
69.5 |
Strongest showing since October 2010.
|
| Northeast Ohio |
Expanding |
20.25* |
The barometer index of 12.06 indicates that economic activity is expanding.
|
| Southeast Michigan |
Expanding |
58.3 |
In November, the ISM-SEM PMI overall index dropped back into the 50's, from 63.1 down to 58.3.
|
| Western Washington |
Expanding |
64.4 |
Index up smartly at 64.4, forecast at 61.7.
|
* These regional business survey reports use 0 (zero) as their breakeven point when referring to their main business conditions index. The national report and the other regional reports listed use 50 percent as their breakeven point.
** This index is a weighted average of the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors.
*** This index is a weighted average of the non-manufacturing sector.
