| Region |
Economy |
Main Index |
Comments
|
| Austin |
Expanding |
50.1 |
Employment and supplier deliveries up. Employment grew by 8.1 percentage points.
|
| Boston |
Contracting |
45.9 |
Overall PMI up; Employment, Supplier Deliveries, Business Confidence and Backorders down.
|
| Buffalo |
Contracting |
48.4 |
The local seasonally adjusted PMI Index showed a marked drop in December, falling below the 50.0 mark for the first time since February.
|
| Chicago |
Expanding |
59.1 |
Businesses continued to report firm growth in Production and New Orders.
|
| Cincinnati |
Expanding |
52.9*** |
Expansion driven primarily by New Orders, Production, and Employment.
|
| Denver |
|
|
No overall PMI number in December due to insufficient responses.
|
| Denver (Non-mfg.) |
Contracting |
49.5 |
Prices decreased in the MRO Items and Services sectors while showing no change in the Raw Materials, Components, and Computers sectors.
|
| Houston |
Expanding |
55.0** |
Continued growth for Houston at a slower pace.
|
| Mid-American States |
Expanding |
53.2 |
The Mid-America survey is pointing to slow growth with little inflationary pressure for the first quarter of 2014.
|
| New York City |
Expanding |
63.8 |
The fourth month in six above the 60.0 mark.
|
| Northeast Ohio |
Expanding |
11.63* |
The barometer index of 11.63 indicates that economic activity is expanding.
|
| Southeast Michigan |
Expanding |
50.6 |
In December, the ISM-SEM PMI overall index dropped from 58.3 to 50.6
|
| Western Washington |
Expanding |
66.5 |
Mixed results for December but the total Index was at 66.5, up 2.7 from November.
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* 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.
