- Prior report 46.7
- Prices paid 49.9 vs 45.1 prior
- Employment 45.8 vs 46.8 prior
- New orders 48.3 vs 45.5 prior
- Inventories 44.8 vs 43.3 prior
- Production 48.5 vs 50.4 prior
Comments in the report from respondents:
“Economy appears to be slowing dramatically. Customer orders are pushing out, and all efforts are being made to right-size inventory levels, both to mitigate carrying costs on pushed-out orders and to load up on inventory ...