By Alex Tanzi
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of Chicago area business activity from the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago.
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Nov. Oct. Sept. Aug. July June May April March 6-mo.
2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 Avg. =============================================================================== Business barometer 33.8 37.8 56.7 57.9 50.8 49.6 49.1 48.3 48.2 47.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prices paid 50.7 53.7 80.7 80.6 90.7 85.5 87.5 82.9 83.9 73.7 Production 34.3 30.9 71.4 63.4 49.2 45.1 51.5 53.0 50.4 49.1 New orders 27.2 32.5 53.9 60.2 53.5 52.0 56.1 53.0 53.9 46.6 Order backlogs 28.2 39.0 54.9 63.0 45.7 42.3 46.8 39.5 40.0 45.5 Inventories 41.2 56.5 37.7 52.2 54.9 50.5 42.2 51.9 42.0 48.8 Employment 33.4 41.5 49.1 39.2 45.9 46.7 41.2 35.3 44.6 42.6 Supplier deliveries 48.4 47.5 55.0 55.1 60.8 58.8 51.0 52.5 54.9 54.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Nov. Oct. Sept. Aug. July June May April March 6-mo.
2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 Avg. ===============================================================================
------------- Buying policy: average days ------------- Production material 45.0 24.5 28.5 35.5 28.7 34.6 30.7 25.5 34.4 32.8 M.R.O. supplies 12.4 6.6 9.1 9.1 8.3 10.0 10.3 10.3 10.5 9.3 Capital equipment 131.3 98.5 132.4 86.5 108.0 111.9 103.3 115.0 127.2 111.4 =============================================================================== NOTE: All figures are seasonally adjusted.
SOURCE: National Association of Purchasing Management- Chicago. Copyright Kingsbury International, Ltd. 2006, Reprinted with permission.
To contact the reporter on this story: Alex Tanzi in Washington at atanzi@bloomberg.net
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