Surveys

Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

Prices Received for Finished Goods Index

October 2016

Report | Results Table

Prices Received for Finished Goods—Index

Oct 15

Nov 15

Dec 15

Jan 16

Feb 16

Mar 16

Apr 16

May 16

Jun 16

Jul 16

Aug 16

Sep 16

Oct 16

Current Prices Received for Finished Goods, seasonally adjusted

–8.9

–11.3

–15.5

–9.6

–12.5

–8.2

–6.6

–3.3

–5.2

–5.7

–1.3

–0.9

1.2

Future Prices Received for Finished Goods, seasonally adjusted (six months from report period)

12.6

12.9

8.3

–5.3

0.9

13.9

2.1

3.8

6.7

5.9

7.6

8.7

14.0

Prices Received for Finished Goods—Composition of Responses

	Oct 15	Nov 15	Dec 15	Jan 16	Feb 16	Mar 16	Apr 16	May 16	Jun 16	Jul 16	Aug 16	Sep 16	Oct 16
Current Prices Received for Finished Goods, seasonally adjusted
% Increase	8.7	9.4	9.7	9.1	5.2	6.7	7.6	7.3	8.0	6.4	10.3	10.2	11.4
% No Change	73.7	69.9	65.1	72.2	77.1	78.4	78.2	82.1	78.8	81.5	78.1	78.7	78.4
% Decrease	17.6	20.7	25.2	18.7	17.7	14.9	14.2	10.6	13.2	12.1	11.6	11.1	10.2
Future Prices Received for Finished Goods, seasonally adjusted (six months from report period)
% Increase	22.3	25.0	20.2	15.9	15.2	20.4	16.2	15.2	14.2	15.7	17.0	18.4	24.3
% No Change	68.0	62.9	67.9	62.8	70.5	73.1	69.7	73.3	78.3	74.5	73.6	71.8	65.4
% Decrease	9.7	12.1	11.9	21.2	14.3	6.5	14.1	11.4	7.5	9.8	9.4	9.7	10.3

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.

Questions regarding the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey can be addressed to Emily Kerr at emily.kerr@dal.frb.org.