Business Activity Indexes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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General Business Assessment,,,Current Conditions,,,,Expectations,,,,,,,,,,
,,,Oct-09,Sep-09,Aug-09,,Oct-09,Sep-09,Aug-09,,,,,,,,
,Nation,,4,4,14,,53,41,46,,,,,,,,
,County/Region,,0,-2,-7,,47,35,38,,,,,,,,
,Company,,17,0,14,,48,29,38,,,,,,,,
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Company Conditions,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,Sales Revenue/Shipments,,10,-2,9,,33,34,28,,,,,,,,
,Inventories,,-18,-31,-13,,9,10,-21,,,,,,,,
,Number of Employees,,-7,-7,-14,,20,7,10,,,,,,,,
,Weekly Hours,,0,20,0,,16,-2,10,,,,,,,,
,Average Wages/Employee Compensation,,0,-9,2,,14,9,26,,,,,,,,
,Prices Paid,,18,16,11,,26,24,42,,,,,,,,
,Prices Received,,-12,-11,-12,,21,9,15,,,,,,,,
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Labor Market Conditions,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,General Availability of Labor,,36,33,28,,25,21,12,,,,,,,,
,Company-specific Needs,,20,26,16,,14,12,5,,,,,,,,
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Business Spending,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,Equipment or Software,,-7,-14,-5,,7,0,-11,,,,,,,,
,Business Services,,-18,-15,-15,,13,-8,-11,,,,,,,,
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Technical Note:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,"The responses to the survey are converted into diffusion indexes by subtracting the percentage of reported decreases from the percentage of increases. Thus, positive index numbers indicate a net increase for that survey item, while negative index numbers show a net decline.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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