Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
The National Association of Purchasing Managers (NAPM), now called the Institute for Supply Management, releases a monthly composite index of national manufacturing conditions. The index includes data on new orders, production, supplier delivery times, backlogs, inventories, prices, and employment, export and import orders. It is divided into manufacturing and non-manufacturing sub-indices.
Producer Price Index (PPI)
Measures average changes in selling prices received by domestic producers in the manufacturing, mining, agriculture, and electric utility industries.
The PPIs most often used for economic analysis are those for finished goods, intermediate goods, and crude goods.
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Measures the average price level paid by urban consumers (80% of the population in major currency countries) for a fixed basket of goods and services. It reports price changes in over 200 categories.
The CPI also includes various user fees and taxes directly associated with the prices of specific goods and services.
Durable Goods
Durable Goods Orders measures new orders placed with domestic manufacturers for immediate and future delivery of factory hard goods. Durable goods are a product that lasts over three years, during which its services are extended.
Companies and consumers sometimes put off purchases of durable goods during tough economic times – so this figure is a useful measure of certain kinds of customer demand.
Employment Cost Index (ECI)
Payroll employment is a measure of the number of jobs at larger companies in more than 500 industries in all 50 U.S. states and 255 metropolitan areas. ECI counts the number of paid employees working part-time or full-time in the nation’s business and government establishments.
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