Business Activity Indexes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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General Business Assessment,,,Current Conditions,,,,Expectations,,,,,,,,,,
,,,Dec-09,Nov-09,Oct-09,,Dec-09,Nov-09,Oct-09,,,,,,,,
,Nation,,20,9,4,,46,31,53,,,,,,,,
,County/Region,,10,-9,0,,49,24,47,,,,,,,,
,Company,,3,-8,17,,46,44,48,,,,,,,,
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Company Conditions,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,Sales Revenue/Shipments,,-3,-4,10,,34,37,33,,,,,,,,
,Inventories,,-19,-10,-18,,12,19,9,,,,,,,,
,Number of Employees,,-5,-8,-7,,25,27,20,,,,,,,,
,Weekly Hours,,-5,-11,0,,24,22,16,,,,,,,,
,Average Wages/Employee Compensation,,-10,-8,0,,18,8,14,,,,,,,,
,Prices Paid,,3,11,18,,32,40,26,,,,,,,,
,Prices Received,,-5,-8,-12,,11,21,21,,,,,,,,
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Labor Market Conditions,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,General Availability of Labor,,35,25,36,,20,18,25,,,,,,,,
,Company-specific Needs,,27,20,20,,11,13,14,,,,,,,,
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Business Spending,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,Equipment or Software,,-11,-26,-7,,6,11,7,,,,,,,,
,Business Services,,-26,-21,-18,,3,-2,13,,,,,,,,
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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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