Business Activity Indexes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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General Business Assessment,,,Current Conditions,,,,Expectations,,,,,,,,,,
,,,Jan-10,Dec-09,Nov-09,,Jan-10,Dec-09,Nov-09,,,,,,,,
,Nation,,3,20,9,,61,46,31,,,,,,,,
,County/Region,,5,10,-9,,55,49,24,,,,,,,,
,Company,,13,3,-8,,68,46,44,,,,,,,,
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Company Conditions,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,Sales Revenue/Shipments,,0,-3,-4,,60,34,37,,,,,,,,
,Inventories,,-15,-19,-10,,17,12,19,,,,,,,,
,Number of Employees,,0,-5,-8,,26,25,27,,,,,,,,
,Weekly Hours,,-15,-5,-11,,33,24,22,,,,,,,,
,Average Wages/Employee Compensation,,-5,-10,-8,,26,18,8,,,,,,,,
,Prices Paid,,21,3,11,,39,32,40,,,,,,,,
,Prices Received,,13,-5,-8,,27,11,21,,,,,,,,
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Labor Market Conditions,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,General Availability of Labor,,26,35,25,,8,20,18,,,,,,,,
,Company-specific Needs,,13,27,20,,0,11,13,,,,,,,,
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Business Spending,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,Equipment or Software,,-16,-11,-26,,17,6,11,,,,,,,,
,Business Services,,-18,-26,-21,,9,3,-2,,,,,,,,
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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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