US October Richmond Fed composite index -4 versus -17 last month

  • Prior month
  • Composite index -4 versus -17 last month
  • Services index for 4 versus 1 last month.
  • Manufacturing shipments 4 versus -20 last month

Details:

  • Employment -10 versus -15 last month.
  • Wages 15 versus 13 last month.
  • Availability of skills needed -7 versus -2 last month

Prices:

  • Prices paid 5.81 versus 7.22 last month.
  • Prices received 3.04 versus 4.02 last month

Other.

  • Shipments 4 versus -20 last month.
  • New waters -6 versus -15 last month.
  • Backlog of orders -16 versus -21 last month
  • capacity utilization -10 versus -18 last month.
  • Vendor leadtime 6 versus 10 last month.
  • Local business conditions -1 versus -12 last month.
  • Capital expenditures -10 versus -16 month month.
  • Finished goods inventory 15 versus 11 last month.
  • Raw material inventory 70 versus 70 last month.
  • Equipment and software spending -10 versus -11 last month.
  • Services expenditure -24 months versus -17 last month

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.