Company Outlook Index
July 2010
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Company Outlook—Unweighted Index |
Jul 09 |
Aug 09 |
Sep 09 |
Oct 09 |
Nov 09 |
Dec 09 |
Jan 10 |
Feb 10 |
Mar 10 |
Apr 10 |
May 10 |
Jun 10 |
Jul 10 |
| Current Company Outlook, seasonally adjusted |
-13.1
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-6.6
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-3
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-7
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-0.7
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5.1
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11.5
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-1.3
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7.1
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26.4
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19.6
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-2.8
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-10.4
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Future Company Outlook, seasonally adjusted (six months from report period) |
10.3
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21.2
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17.1
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24.7
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24.2
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30.3
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30.4
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21.7
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16.4
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19.6
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26.3
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21.5
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15.8
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Company Outlook—Composition of Responses |
| |
Jul 09 |
Aug 09 |
Sep 09 |
Oct 09 |
Nov 09 |
Dec 09 |
Jan 10 |
Feb 10 |
Mar 10 |
Apr 10 |
May 10 |
Jun 10 |
Jul 10 |
| Current Company Outlook, seasonally adjusted |
|
15.6
|
17.9
|
19.9
|
14.2
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21.4
|
20.4
|
25.9
|
19.1
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20.3
|
36.9
|
32.3
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17.6
|
13.1
|
|
55.7
|
57.6
|
57.2
|
64.6
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56.5
|
64.3
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59.7
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60.5
|
66.5
|
52.6
|
55
|
62
|
63.4
|
|
28.7
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24.5
|
22.9
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21.2
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22.1
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15.3
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14.4
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20.4
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13.2
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10.5
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12.7
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20.4
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23.5
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Jul 09 |
Aug 09 |
Sep 09 |
Oct 09 |
Nov 09 |
Dec 09 |
Jan 10 |
Feb 10 |
Mar 10 |
Apr 10 |
May 10 |
Jun 10 |
Jul 10 |
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Future Company Outlook, seasonally adjusted (six months from report period) |
|
30
|
34.7
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33.8
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34.7
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36.8
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41.6
|
39.3
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33.5
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33.7
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35.4
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41.4
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35.5
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32.2
|
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50.3
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51.8
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49.5
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55.3
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50.6
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47.1
|
51.8
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54.7
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49.1
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48.9
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43.6
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50.5
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51.4
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|
19.7
|
13.5
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16.7
|
10
|
12.6
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11.3
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8.9
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11.8
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17.3
|
15.8
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15.1
|
14
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16.4
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NOTE: Survey responses are used to calculate an index for each indicator. Each index is calculated by subtracting the percentage of respondents reporting a decrease from the percentage reporting an increase. When the share of firms reporting an increase exceeds the share of firms reporting a decrease, the index will be greater than zero, suggesting the indicator has increased over the prior month. If the share of firms reporting a decrease exceeds the share reporting an increase, the index will be below zero, suggesting the indicator has decreased over the prior month. An index will be zero when the number of firms reporting an increase is equal to the number of firms reporting a decrease. Items may not add up to 100 percent because of rounding.
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