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Michigan Retail Index

3-Month Outlook 1994-2008


Percentage of Michigan retailers projecting increase (% Proj. Inc.), no change (% Proj. No Ch.) or decrease (% Proj. Dec.) in activity during the next three months.

* Index = Seasonally adjusted diffusion index. A diffusion index, which is the sum of the percent of respondents indicating increase and half the percent indicating no change, is calculated and then seasonally adjusted using the U.S. Census Bureau's X-11 Seasonal Adjustment procedure. Index values above 50 generally indicate an increase in activity, while values below 50 indicate a decrease.

3-Month Outlook
Current Performance
Current Performance 1994-2008

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2008

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December 20 21 59 36.6 13 29 58 32.8 37 49 14 61.8 43 48 9 72.6 3 70 27 41.0
November 17 25 58 34.1 8 31 61 30.8 32 48 20 54.5 41 45 14 70.3 2 70 28 40.2
October 33 25 42 45.1 20 32 48 40.4 34 55 11 59.6 48 43 9 65.1 5 71 24 40.5
September 37 18 45 46.3 22 34 44 40.8 47 43 10 70.2 52 38 10 69.3 10 72 18 45.7
August 40 28 32 53.4 34 32 34 45.5 46 49 5 71.4 57 41 2 73.5 12 74 14 47.8
July 35 26 39 48.5 21 39 40 39.4 44 51 5 69.6 37 53 10 64.1 6 77 17 45.7
June 36 27 37 47.9 19 40 41 38.2 50 46 4 72.8 43 52 5 68.0 11 70 19 45.4
May 40 30 30 53.0 25 43 32 45.6 49 45 6 74.3 31 65 4 65.6 7 80 13 46.3
April 39 24 37 49.0 21 42 37 40.1 46 50 4 71.8 38 58 4 69.5 8 80 12 46.6
March 54 21 25 59.6 27 40 33 43.9 46 50 4 67.4 44 51 5 67.7 13 74 13 47.7
February 39 28 33 50.0 28 39 33 41.3 43 49 8 65.2 46 48 6 68.0 9 74 17 45.0
January 42 24 34 53.4 27 37 36 43.0 38 56 6 67.4 46 49 5 68.8 4 77 19 41.5

 

  Sales Inventory Prices Marketing/
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2007

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December 36 23 36 55.5 22 30 41 42.3 45 38 9 65.9 33 51 9 63.7 5 70 15 44.5
November 37 23 39 56.0 19 33 43 45.4 42 47 6 66.2 36 44 13 63.9 3 75 14 44.1
October 48 24 27 65.0 25 36 33 51.0 42 46 6 64.4 45 41 10 67.1 10 72 10 46.6
September 52 17 27 62.2 31 31 31 51.8 29 53 8 56.9 41 41 9 59.7 10 63 16 41.6
August 54 24 18 65.2 38 32 22 52.5 32 53 7 59.2 44 44 7 62.9 15 70 9 49.8
July 49 20 20 59.6 31 32 25 45.3 38 47 4 62.3 38 45 7 59.9 13 59 12 43.9
June 50 25 22 60.9 31 37 29 46.8 32 57 7 61.7 37 54 6 63.7 12 73 9 48.0
May 46 30 22 59.1 28 41 27 48.9 36 54 5 65.6 45 47 3 70.9 5 81 7 46.2
April 38 29 27 49.8 22 37 33 38.0 30 51 10 55.3 29 57 4 59.6 11 66 9 42.5
March 49 26 20 57.1 23 42 28 39.3 23 57 9 48.9 34 44 8 55.2 15 62 13 44.0
February 47 28 19 57.7 29 42 20 44.7 32 54 6 57.0 37 49 4 59.3 12 71 8 46.3
January 45 27 22 56.8 29 35 25 42.1 29 55 6 55.7 41 42 6 60.0 15 61 11 43.7

 

  Sales Inventory Prices Marketing/
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2006

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December 43 27 30 62.2 24 44 32 49.9 37 54 9 65.2 39 48 13 67.6 9 78 13 51.9
November 41 25 34 62.4 16 37 47 42.0 39 50 11 64.7 30 51 19 60.3 10 69 21 47.4
October 48 27 25 69.3 27 32 41 59.7 35 58 7 63.4 44 51 5 73.3 13 74 13 50.8
September 50 24 26 63.4 26 37 37 50.7 29 66 5 63.3 37 58 5 63.4 10 81 9 50.3
August 46 26 28 57.0 32 39 29 50.6 33 59 8 62.7 40 54 6 63 11 80 9 50.8
July 46 30 24 60.2 33 39 28 51.4 33 60 7 63.2 36 58 6 63.9 9 80 11 49.7
June 53 26 21 64 26 42 32 41.7 31 63 6 63.2 35 60 5 64.0 7 84 9 48.4
May 50 28 22 61.5 29 41 30 49.7 32 62 6 65.5 33 61 6 64.7 9 82 9 50.7
April 54 28 18 64.0 33 41 26 50.1 34 61 5 64.2 33 59 8 63.2 11 80 9 49.9
March 57 26 17 63.2 36 40 24 48.8 34 63 3 61.8 45 52 3 69.6 14 79 7 51.7
February 64 24 12 72.0 43 37 20 55.4 39 57 4 68.2 46 47 7 66.8 10 84 6 50.4
January 51 29 19 62.6 35 40 25 47.9 35 59 6 63.9 40 59 1 67.3 9 87 4 50.6

 

  Sales Inventory Prices Marketing/
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2005

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December 40 31 29 60.9 20 42 38 43.4 32 60 8 62.5 29 64 7 65.0 6 80 14 48.6
November 45 29 26 73.9 24 39 37 52.8 34 56 10 62.2 30 60 10 65.6 4 86 10 49.9
October 56 23 21 78.7 28 36 36 65.5 35 60 5 64.4 43 54 3 73.9 7 85 8 50.9
September 51 23 26 64.5 31 37 32 59.1 32 60 8 62.7 44 51 5 66.9 9 79 12 49.5
August 56 21 23 64.8 38 37 25 56.7 37 57 6 67.0 47 47 6 67.2 10 80 10 50.4
July 56 24 20 66.0 35 33 32 50.3 32 62 6 62.9 37 59 4 64.8 8 81 11 48.5
June 57 27 16 67.7 34 36 30 46.3 36 58 6 65.6 42 50 8 68.0 9 85 6 50.3
May 59 28 13 69.4 32 41 27 52.8 27 67 6 62.5 35 60 5 65.4 11 82 7 52.4
April 56 32 12 67.1 33 41 26 49.9 37 59 4 66.9 41 53 6 68.8 13 77 10 51.8
March 67 21 12 69.9 40 36 24 50.6 42 57 1 66.8 38 59 3 66.3 8 84 8 47.1
February 62 27 11 70.2 39 36 25 50.6 39 60 1 68.9 45 49 6 66.9 13 80 7 51.1
January 60 27 13 69.1 32 40 28 44.6 32 61 7 61.6 32 63 5 62.3 9 87 4 50.0

 

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2004

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December 37 39 24 62.0 25 40 35 46.0 31 58 11 59.9 33 57 10 62.7 8 79 13 48.8
November 51 22 27 80.4 22 32 46 46.7 37 59 4 66.5 28 67 5 67.9 5 87 8 51.8
October 60 23 17 88.2 27 33 40 63.3 34 61 5 64.1 45 51 4 75.4 11 82 7 55.6
September 61 22 16 74.5 33 32 34 60.4 32 62 5 64.0 49 43 7 68.0 16 74 9 55.5
August 64 21 15 73.1 42 31 27 59.7 28 67 5 62.7 46 51 3 68.4 13 80 7 52.8
July 61 23 16 68.8 40 42 18 53.8 31 64 5 64.6 42 56 2 71.8 16 79 5 54.6
June 59 29 12 69 32 47 21 55.2 27 70 3 62.9 34 62 4 65.4 9 86 5 52.9
May 63 25 12 69.2 36 41 23 52.5 28 67 5 60.7 33 63 4 66.1 16 79 5 55.5
April 68 22 10 72.3 39 40 21 51.6 35 63 2 64.4 38 59 3 66.3 13 79 7 49.0
March 66 21 13 70.2 39 40 21 52.8 25 70 5 58.7 37 60 3 63.9 13 81 6 50.5
February 70 19 11 74.1 48 35 17 57.3 29 68 3 62.4 41 57 2 68.7 15 81 4 52.7
January 56 26 18 75.7 33 37 30 49.1 24 71 5 59.2 30 64 6 62.1 6 89 5 51.8

 

  Sales Inventory Prices Marketing/
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2003

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December 48 30 22 81.1 26 46 28 59.9 23 71 6 58.6 29 68 3 69.2 7 85 8 52.7
November 54 24 22 81.4 20 36 44 54.6 29 65 6 61.7 32 60 8 66.7 5 87 8 52.0
October 64 19 17 74.8 24 37 39 50.8 22 73 5 59.2 38 60 2 64.7 11 84 5 55.3
September 67 19 14 74.3 28 39 33 47.7 24 72 4 62.1 43 55 2 67.9 12 83 5 54.1
August 64 22 14 71.4 35 35 30 48.4 23 72 5 61.0 40 55 5 64.2 9 87 4 50.6
July 63 22 15 71.4 39 37 24 51.4 17 77 6 56.4 29 67 4 63.2 9 85 6 50.9
June 61 22 17 68.1 27 41 32 46.1 15 78 7 53.7 35 61 4 65.5 11 82 7 52.9
May 62 24 14 69.0 36 35 29 51.1 20 75 5 56.6 34 62 4 67.1 12 80 8 52.6
April 62 23 15 68.9 34 44 22 51.3 22 73 5 57.8 37 58 5 63.8 13 80 7 49.1
March 53 29 18 61.0 34 33 33 45.4 19 75 6 54.2 44 52 4 67.5 11 80 9 47.7
February 52 26 22 61.2 35 37 28 46.2 22 73 5 58.5 42 53 5 68.3 12 79 9 49.4
January 44 24 32 60.5 31 38 31 49.3 28 65 7 59.5 38 57 5 67.5 8 80 12 49.6

 

  Sales Inventory Prices Marketing/
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2002

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December

32 32 36 61.2 21 37 42 47.3 26 64 10 58.1 28 62 10 64.7 4 84 12 49.8

November

44 27 29 69.3 16 37 47 49.4 22 70 8 57.0 31 63 6 70.0 5 87 8 52.3

October

52 24 24 62.9 22 37 41 46.2 21 71 8 58.0 41 54 5 64.8 6 84 10 50.0

September

57 20 23 63.5 29 37 34 47.1 19 74 7 56.8 41 54 5 64.8 8 83 9 48.0

August

62 21 17 68.7 33 37 30 45.8 17 75 8 55.3 40 55 5 63.6 11 81 8 49.5

July

59 22 19 66.2 36 39 25 49.0 22 71 7 58.6 36 59 5 65.7 10 84 6 51.0

June

63 22 15 70.9 29 42 29 48.8 19 75 6 56.1 35 61 4 65.0 8 85 7 51.0

May

64 23 13 72.1 37 36 27 53.9 22 73 5 53.9 34 61 5 66.2 11 83 6 52.7

April

73 17 10 78.4 45 34 21 59.0 22 76 2 59.3 41 57 2 67.4 18 78 4 54.4

March

72 17 11 75.0 44 38 18 57.8 21 77 2 56.8 42 57 1 67.5 18 78 4 53.4

February

69 18 13 74.7 43 39 18 54.5 20 75 5 57.0 36 60 4 65.8 13 84 3 53.5

January

56 24 20 70.3 36 40 24 56.1 21 74 5 57.0 36 60 4 67.6 11 84 5 54.8


  Sales Inventory Prices Marketing/
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2001

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December

37

34

29

69.6

19

45

36

49.9

23

70

7

57.9

29

64

7

67.1

9

83

8

53.9

November

42

22

36

63.6

14

37

49

47.2

24

68

8

58.9

29

64

7

67.9

6

86

8

52.9

October

51

22

27

61.2

20

37

43

43.7

15

76

9

53.7

34

61

5

61.1

7

85

8

51.1

September

49

20

31

55.6

29

35

36

45.8

20

71

9

57.0

41

53

6

64.6

10

80

10

48.8

August

54

18

28

59.8

31

39

30

44.8

19

75

6

57.7

40

57

3

64.1

12

81

7

50.0

July

55

25

20

64.0

37

36

27

49.1

19

74

7

57.3

34

60

6

64.4

11

82

7

51.2

June

56

26

18

64.3

30

42

28

49.3

20

74

6

56.5

35

63

2

66.2

10

85

5

53.5

May

54

28

18

64.9

34

37

29

51.0

25

68

7

59.5

29

65

6

62.8

10

81

9

50.9

April

51

25

24

61.5

34

41

25

51.6

28

69

3

61.8

29

66

5

60.9

13

83

4

51.9

March

61

19

20

65.8

40

37

23

54.6

28

65

7

58.2

45

52

3

68.3

17

78

5

52.3

February

55

22

23

63.5

38

35

27

49.0

22

69

9

56.1

35

58

7

63.5

17

75

7

52.8

January

40

31

29

57.6

30

36

34

47.6

26

65

9

57.9

33

61

6

65.1

8

83

9

51.7



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2000

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December

30

26

44

54.7

15

41

44

43.1

25

66

9

57.3

29

60

11

65.3

10

77

13

52.4

November

39

24

37

61.2

19

34

47

51.5

24

67

9

58.1

33

57

10

68.9

9

81

10

53.6

October

59

21

20

68.5

28

35

37

51.2

19

78

3

59.2

46

52

2

68.5

12

85

3

56.3

September

62

20

18

68.3

39

31

30

53.8

19

76

5

58.0

42

54

4

65.7

17

77

6

53.9

August

66

18

16

71.0

48

30

22

56.7

20

72

8

57.1

48

47

5

67.7

19

75

6

54.3

July

66

19

15

71.5

44

34

22

54.6

24

71

5

61.1

39

57

4

68.0

15

80

5

54.3

June

66

19

15

72.6

39

37

24

56.5

22

73

5

58.0

39

59

2

68.6

13

82

5

54.6

May

70

19

11

76.7

41

34

25

56.6

22

71

7

57.6

37

59

4

68.1

16

80

4

56.2

April

69

23

8

77.6

43

37

20

59.2

22

73

5

58.7

42

56

2

68.0

25

73

2

58.6

March

75

17

8

77.4

46

36

18

59.4

28

68

4

59.7

39

58

3

65.3

22

75

3

55.9

February

73

21

6

80.6

50

37

13

60.3

27

68

5

60.7

40

58

2

68.4

21

78

1

58.0

January

60

25

15

74.9

41

41

18

61.1

18

75

7

54.4

33

61

4

65.3

14

83

3

58.2


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1999

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December

48

33

19

83.4

31

42

27

62.7

27

65

8

58.6

30

61

9

67.2

12

83

5

56.9

November

57

29

14

85.0

23

39

38

60.6

20

72

8

56.7

26

62

12

64.4

12

83

5

57.3

October

72

17

11

78.6

36

33

31

58.0

20

72

8

57.5

44

51

5

65.9

15

80

5

56.9

September

75

19

6

79.7

45

34

21

59.7

18

77

5

57.8

45

50

5

66.1

18

81

1

56.8

August

74

18

8

78.3

50

31

19

58.5

22

71

7

58.5

47

50

3

68.0

23

75

2

57.6

July

71

19

10

76.7

49

33

18

59.0

18

76

6

57.1

37

57

6

66.0

19

77

4

56.3

June

70

23

7

79.1

47

35

18

63.0

22

73

5

57.9

37

60

3

67.4

15

83

2

57.1

May

69

21

10

76.9

40

37

23

57.2

19

75

6

56.6

36

59

5

66.3

15

81

4

55.8

April

73

20

7

80.3

41

36

23

56.8

17

77

6

55.1

44

51

5

68.0

21

77

2

56.9

March

77

17

6

79.5

49

30

21

59.3

22

71

7

55.4

45

52

3

68.3

24

75

1

57.7

February

69

20

11

75.8

55

29

16

61.2

19

74

7

55.3

42

54

4

68.1

19

79

2

57.1

January

63

29

8

79.8

46

36

18

63.6

20

74

6

55.5

40

55

5

68.4

11

86

3

56.5

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1998

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December

45

30

25

77.8

31

34

35

58.3

20

71

9

54.7

30

63

7

68.0

14

80

6

58.1

November

53

24

23

77.1

20

37

43

54.8

24

67

9

58.6

30

59

11

67.2

11

84

5

58.1

October

76

15

9

80.8

39

34

27

61.7

16

77

7

56.0

45

52

3

67.6

16

78

6

56.1

September

74

18

8

77.9

46

29

25

58.0

19

77

4

59.0

50

47

3

68.9

22

75

3

57.6

August

79

14

7

80.8

54

29

17

60.9

18

75

7

56.5

45

52

3

67.1

23

75

2

57.2

July

76

18

6

81.2

52

33

15

62.1

17

77

6

56.8

41

55

4

68.8

21

78

1

58.7

June

72

20

8

80.3

46

34

20

61.5

21

74

5

57.2

36

60

4

66.6

17

81

2

58.1

May

68

24

8

78.1

44

40

16

63.0

17

77

6

55.5

40

58

2

69.8

20

77

3

58.9

April

70

20

10

77.5

45

39

16

62.9

22

72

6

57.7

43

52

5

67.7

24

72

4

57.8

March

75

17

8

77.5

48

36

16

61.2

17

75

8

52.8

48

49

3

69.7

19

78

3

54.6

February

72

20

8

78.6

51

35

14

60.3

21

74

5

57.2

40

57

3

67.5

16

82

2

55.9

January

63

28

9

79.3

44

39

17

63.2

27

68

5

58.9

43

54

3

70.8

16

81

3

59.1

  Sales Inventory Prices Marketing/
Promotions
Hiring Plans
1997

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

December

46

29

25

78.8

30

40

30

61.1

27

66

7

58.8

32

60

8

68.7

12

81

7

56.5

November

54

26

20

78.9

21

38

41

56.6

22

68

10

57.2

32

58

10

69.3

8

85

7

55.9

October

73

15

12

76.9

40

35

25

62.9

23

73

4

61.3

51

43

6

69.1

17

79

4

57.2

September

74

16

10

76.6

50

30

20

61.5

19

73

8

57.1

52

46

2

69.8

22

77

1

58.2

August

73

17

10

76.4

53

30

17

60.3

22

72

6

59.2

50

48

2

70.1

22

74

4

55.5

July

69

21

10

76.0

43

39

18

56.9

20

74

6

58.8

42

53

5

68.6

17

79

4

55.1

June

64

24

12

75.0

40

39

21

58.0

24

71

5

58.5

40

58

2

69.8

15

80

5

55.4

May

68

21

11

77.2

44

36

20

61.5

27

66

7

60.0

44

53

3

71.3

15

81

4

55.9

April

70

22

8

78.7

41

39

20

59.7

26

69

5

60.2

47

49

4

70.3

19

76

5

55.2

March

69

22

9

74.2

46

36

18

59.3

28

66

6

59.3

43

55

2

67.7

22

75

3

56.2

February

72

22

6

79.2

51

33

16

59.4

26

68

6

58.9

47

50

3

70.9

16

80

4

55.1

January

67

24

9

81.0

38

43

19

59.4

23

72

5

56.4

40

57

3

69.2

15

79

6

56.6

  Sales Inventory Prices Marketing/
Promotions
Hiring Plans
1996

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

December

44

33

23

79.6

26

46

28

60.3

29

64

7

58.9

29

63

8

66.7

12

80

8

56.0

November

57

26

17

82.1

22

41

37

60.5

23

69

8

58.8

31

61

8

69.9

10

81

9

56.5

October

73

18

9

77.9

39

29

32

60.4

20

71

9

58.1

48

48

4

68.3

18

79

3

57.5

September

75

18

7

78.5

50

28

22

60.0

20

72

8

57.9

49

48

3

67.3

22

74

4

56.7

August

69

19

12

73.7

46

36

18

56.3

20

73

7

57.3

45

52

3

67.0

29

66

5

57.9

July

70

20

10

75.9

47

37

16

58.7

24

71

5

61.6

44

51

5

68.9

24

70

6

57.5

June

63

27

10

76.1

43

35

22

59.1

22

74

4

58.0

41

55

4

69.4

15

79

6

54.6

May

69

18

13

76.9

36

39

25

55.7

22

74

4

58.4

35

60

5

66.5

18

77

5

56.8

Apr

65

27

8

75.9

37

39

24

56.2

22

73

5

57.7

40

55

5

66.9

20

77

3

57.0

Mar

70

22

8

75.6

44

37

19

57.6

22

73

5

57.4

44

53

3

67.7

21

76

3

56.8

Feb

71

19

10

75.3

48

35

17

56.5

23

71

6

57.5

41

56

3

68.1

20

79

1

58.4

Jan

54

29

17

70.7

38

35

27

55.5

32

64

4

61.2

42

52

6

69.2

12

84

4

56.0

  Sales Inventory Prices Marketing/
Promotions
Hiring Plans
1995

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

December

37

35

28

72.1

27

36

37

55.9

33

57

10

59.0

33

60

7

70.3

9

82

9

53.5

November

49

26

25

73.3

26

33

41

59.7

27

61

12

58.5

33

56

11

69.9

9

82

9

56.1

October

74

16

10

76.8

35

32

33

54.6

24

69

7

59.8

53

43

4

70.8

23

74

3

59.8

September

78

13

9

78.6

50

26

24

58.8

29

66

5

64.4

57

41

2

71.1

21

75

4

56.6

August

76

15

9

78.1

57

25

18

60.9

25

68

7

60.7

58

40

2

74.1

26

68

6

55.9

July

74

16

10

77.8

50

30

20

58.9

24

69

7

60.0

47

48

5

70.6

21

74

5

55.9

June

65

23

12

76.9

43

37

20

59.5

29

65

6

61.2

37

56

7

67.5

15

80

5

55.8

May

66

20

14

75.7

40

34

26

57.5

29

67

4

61.8

42

54

4

69.8

13

82

5

54.7

Apr

67

21

12

75.6

38

38

23

58.5

25

72

3

60.8

47

51

2

71.6

16

80

4

54.9

Mar

77

14

9

77.9

46

35

19

59.9

311

65

4

62.1

50

49

1

71.3

18

79

3

54.9

Feb

75

17

8

78.8

52

35

13

61.6

35

62

3

64.2

47

51

2

71.3

19

78

3

57.4

Jan

65

20

15

78.4

42

36

22

60.6

36

58

6

62.4

42

52

6

69.8

14

81

5

57.1

  Sales Inventory Prices Marketing/
Promotions
Hiring Plans
1994

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

% Proj.
Inc.

% Proj.
No Ch.

% Proj.
Dec.


Index*

December

53

27

20

87.5

34

40

26

66.4

34

60

6

61.2

36

57

7

71.8

14

79

7

57.3

November

57

21

22

79.7

24

36

40

60.8

31

59

10

61.5

36

52

12

70.3

9

80

11

56.9

October

77

14

9

79.6

40

31

29

61.2

24

67

9

60.2

56

38

6

72.0

18

76

6

55.9

September

78

11

11

77.1

53

25

22

60.9

22

71

7

59.9

64

33

3

73.5

23

73

4

56.4

August

78

12

10

78.6

58

24

18

61.9

23

70

7

59.5

59

38

3

73.6

26

69

5

56.0

July

75

14

11

78.8

55

28

16

63.1

22

71

7

59.6

52

44

4

73.9

20

73

7

55.6