Surveys

Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

Data Definitions

Variable names and definitions for data in the historical data files.

Index

Prod	Production	Prm	Prices paid for raw materials
Fprod	Future production	Fprm	Future prices paid for raw materials
Capu	Capacity utilization	Pfg	Prices received for finished goods
Fcapu	Future capacity utilization	Fpfg	Future prices received for finished goods
Vnwo	New orders	Wgs	Wages and benefits
Fvnwo	Future new orders	Fwgs	Future wages and benefits
Gro	Growth rate of orders	Nemp	Employment
Fgro	Future growth rate of orders	Fnemp	Future employment
Ufil	Unfilled orders	Avgwk	Hours worked
Fufil	Future unfilled orders	Favgwk	Future hours worked
Vshp	Shipments	Cexp	Capital expenditures
Fvshp	Future shipments	Fcexp	Future capital expenditures
Dtm	Delivery time	Colk	Company outlook
Fdtm	Future delivery time	Fcolk	Future company outlook
Fgi	Finished goods inventories	Bact	General business activity
Ffgi	Future finished goods inventories	Fbact	Future general business activity
		Uncr	Outlook uncertainty

All Data

prodi	Production - percent reporting increases	fprmi	Future prices paid for raw materials - percent reporting increases
prodn	Production - percent reporting no change	fprmn	Future prices paid for raw materials - percent reporting no change
prodd	Production - percent reporting decreases	fprmd	Future prices paid for raw materials - percent reporting decreases
prod	Production - index	fprm	Future prices paid for raw materials - index
fprodi	Future production - percent reporting increases	pfgi	Prices received for finished goods - percent reporting increases
fprodn	Future production - percent reporting no change	pfgn	Prices received for finished goods - percent reporting no change
fprodd	Future production - percent reporting decreases	pfgd	Prices received for finished goods - percent reporting decreases
fprod	Future production - index	pfg	Prices received for finished goods - index
capui	Capacity utilization - percent reporting increases	fpfgi	Future prices received for finished goods - percent reporting increases
capun	Capacity utilization - percent reporting no change	fpfgn	Future prices received for finished goods - percent reporting no change
capud	Capacity utilization - percent reporting decreases	fpfgd	Future prices received for finished goods - percent reporting decreases
capu	Capacity utilization - index	fpfg	Future prices received for finished goods - index
fcapui	Future capacity utilization - percent reporting increases	wgsi	Wages and benefits - percent reporting increases
fcapun	Future capacity utilization - percent reporting no change	wgsn	Wages and benefits - percent reporting no change
fcapud	Future capacity utilization - percent reporting decreases	wgsd	Wages and benefits - percent reporting decreases
fcapu	Future capacity utilization - index	wgs	Wages and benefits - index
vnwoi	New orders - percent reporting increases	fwgsi	Future wages and benefits - percent reporting increases
vnwon	New orders - percent reporting no change	fwgsn	Future wages and benefits - percent reporting no change
vnwod	New orders - percent reporting decreases	fwgsd	Future wages and benefits - percent reporting decreases
vnwo	New orders - index	fwgs	Future wages and benefits - index
fvnwoi	Future new orders - percent reporting increases	nempi	Employment - percent reporting increases
fvnwon	Future new orders - percent reporting no change	nempn	Employment - percent reporting no change
fvnwod	Future new orders - percent reporting decreases	nempd	Employment - percent reporting decrease
fvnwo	Future new orders - index	nemp	Employment - index
groi	Growth rate of orders - percent reporting increases	fnempi	Future employment - percent reporting increases
gron	Growth rate of orders - percent reporting no change	fnempn	Future employment - percent reporting no change
grod	Growth rate of orders - percent reporting decreases	fnempd	Future employment - percent reporting decreases
gro	Growth rate of orders - index	fnemp	Future employment - index
fgroi	Future growth rate of orders - percent reporting increases	avgwki	Hours worked - percent reporting increases
fgron	Future growth rate of orders - percent reporting no change	avgwkn	Hours worked - percent reporting no change
fgrod	Future growth rate of orders - percent reporting decreases	avgwkd	Hours worked - percent reporting decreases
fgro	Future growth rate of orders - index	avgwk	Hours worked - index
ufili	Unfilled orders - percent reporting increases	favgwki	Future hours worked - percent reporting increases
ufiln	Unfilled orders - percent reporting no change	favgwkn	Future hours worked - percent reporting no change
ufild	Unfilled orders - percent reporting decreases	favgwkd	Future hours worked - percent reporting decreases
ufil	Unfilled orders - index	favgwk	Future hours worked - index
fufili	Future unfilled orders - percent reporting increases	cexpi	Capital expenditures - percent reporting increases
fufiln	Future unfilled orders - percent reporting no change	cexpn	Capital expenditures - percent reporting no change
fufild	Future unfilled orders - percent reporting decreases	cexpd	Capital expenditures - percent reporting decreases
fufil	Future unfilled orders - index	cexp	Capital expenditures - index
vshpi	Shipments - percent reporting increases	fcexpi	Future capital expenditures - percent reporting increases
vshpn	Shipments - percent reporting no change	fcexpn	Future capital expenditures - percent reporting no change
vshpd	Shipments - percent reporting decreases	fcexpd	Future capital expenditures - percent reporting decreases
vshp	Shipments - index	fcexp	Future capital expenditures - index
fvshpi	Future shipments - percent reporting increases	colki	Company outlook - percent reporting increases
fvshpn	Future shipments - percent reporting no change	colkn	Company outlook - percent reporting no change
fvshpd	Future shipments - percent reporting decreases	colkd	Company outlook - percent reporting decreases
fvshp	Future shipments - index	colk	Company outlook - index
dtmi	Delivery time - percent reporting increases	fcolki	Future company outlook - percent reporting increases
dtmn	Delivery time - percent reporting no change	fcolkn	Future company outlook - percent reporting no change
dtmd	Delivery time - percent reporting decreases	fcolkd	Future company outlook - percent reporting decreases
dtm	Delivery time - index	fcolk	Future company outlook - index
fdtmi	Future delivery time - percent reporting increases	bacti	General business activity - percent reporting increases
fdtmn	Future delivery time - percent reporting no change	bactn	General business activity - percent reporting no change
fdtmd	Future delivery time - percent reporting decreases	bactd	General business activity - percent reporting decreases
fdtm	Future delivery time - index	bact	General business activity - index
fgii	Finished goods inventories - percent reporting increases	fbacti	Future general business activity - percent reporting increases
fgin	Finished goods inventories - percent reporting no change	fbactn	Future general business activity - percent reporting no change
fgid	Finished goods inventories - percent reporting decreases	fbactd	Future general business activity - percent reporting decreases
fgi	Finished goods inventories - index	fbact	Future general business activity - index
ffgii	Future finished goods inventories - percent reporting increases	uncri	Outlook uncertainty - percent reporting increases
ffgin	Future finished goods inventories - percent reporting no change	uncrn	Outlook uncertainty - percent reporting no change
ffgid	Future finished goods inventories - percent reporting decreases	uncrd	Outlook uncertainty - percent reporting decreases
ffgi	Future finished goods inventories - index	uncr	Outlook uncertainty - index
prmi	Prices paid for raw materials - percent reporting increases
prmn	Prices paid for raw materials - percent reporting no change
prmd	Prices paid for raw materials - percent reporting decreases
prm	Prices paid for raw materials - index

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