Philadelphia Fed business index -8.7 vs. -5.0 estimate

• Philadelphia Fed business index -8.7 vs. -5.0 estimate
• prior month -9.9
• new orders -15.9 vs. -17.6 last month
• Fed prices paid 36.3 vs. 29.8 last month
• prices received 30.8 vs. 29.6 last month
• employment 28.5 vs. 12.0 last month
• average workweek 10.4 vs. -3.8 last month
• capital expenditures 4.4 vs. 4.6 last month
• shipments 8.6 vs. 8.8 last month
• delivery times -12.6 vs. -18.2 last month
• inventories -1.7 vs. -4.8 last month

The 6 month from now indices Indices Stock market indices represents an index that measures a particular stock market or a segment of the stock market. These instruments are important investors as they help compare current price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.The main two parameters for indices are that they are both investable and transparent. For example, investors can invest in a stock market index by buying an index fund, which is structured as either a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund, and track Stock market indices represents an index that measures a particular stock market or a segment of the stock market. These instruments are important investors as they help compare current price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.The main two parameters for indices are that they are both investable and transparent. For example, investors can invest in a stock market index by buying an index fund, which is structured as either a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund, and track Read this Term showed:

• general business activity -14.9 vs. -3.9 last month
• new orders -16.7 vs. 6.0 last month
• prices paid 25.8 vs. 45.1 last month
• prices received 23.4 vs. 39.4 last month
• number of employees 12.2 vs. 22.4 last month
• average workweek -3 vs. 10.8 last month

Price indices are well off the high levels but did see moves back higher this month and the diffussion index remains comfortably above the 0.0 level.

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