MRA - Michigan Retail Index

Percentage of Michigan retailers reporting increase (% Rep. Inc.), no change (% No Ch.) or decrease (% Rep. Dec.) in activity from same month, previous year.

* 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.

Current Performance 1994-2008
3-Month Outlook
3-Month Outlook 1994-2008

	Sales				Inventory				Prices				Marketing/ Promotions				Hiring Plans
2009	% Rep. Inc.	% Rep. No Ch.	% Rep. Dec.	Index*	% Rep. Inc.	% Rep. No Ch.	% Rep. Dec.	Index*	% Rep. Inc.	% Rep. No Ch.	% Rep. Dec.	Index*	% Rep. Inc.	% Rep. No Ch.	% Rep. Dec.	Index*	% Rep. Inc.	% Rep. No Ch.	% Rep. Dec.	Index*
December	40	16	44	47.8	16	32	52	31.6	21	67	12	54.4	47	48	5	71.1	5	78	17	44.1
November	33	13	54	39.7	21	36	43	37.2	27	59	14	56.9	43	49	8	64.1	5	74	21	42.8
October	35	14	51	41.4	23	37	40	37.5	23	68	9	56.4	44	51	5	67.8	9	75	16	45.9
September	35	16	49	42.5	19	34	47	33.2	19	68	13	52.8	36	57	7	62.5	7	76	17	44.6
August	35	12	53	46.6	19	34	47	36.2	26	63	11	57.5	33	59	8	64.6	11	78	11	50.7
July	37	16	47	45.0	17	30	53	29.4	26	68	6	59.8	32	63	5	63.0	4	77	19	40.8
June	33	15	52	41.2	19	34	47	39.0	34	57	9	63.9	38	55	7	67.5	7	70	23	41.5
May	31	15	54	35.2	19	37	44	35.9	30	57	13	60.3	41	46	13	64.8	10	68	22	41.9
April	27	15	58	32.8	17	42	41	36.8	22	68	10	54.1	39	56	5	64.9	8	71	21	44.1
March	31	14	55	39.4	14	35	51	30.0	29	55	16	56.7	36	54	10	62.9	8	68	24	42.6
February	32	14	54	40.8	12	31	57	28.7	33	50	17	56.1	35	54	11	63.9	8	60	32	39.8
January	23	13	64	29.0	11	35	54	32.7	37	52	11	63.2	32	57	11	63.0	2	67	31	36.9