KC Fed manufacturing index 26 in April

April 26 (Reuters) - Details of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City's monthly manufacturing index, released on
Thursday.

Following are details from the survey:

Expected
MANUFACTURING SURVEY Apr Mar (Prev) 6 mos.
Production 26 8 8 41
Shipments 25 0 0 42
New Orders 23 11 11 40
Backlog Orders 10 1 1 19
Number of employees 11 2 2 22
Average workweek 3 -6 -6 13
Finished product prices 6 3 3 33
Raw product prices 36 38 38 54
Capital expenditures N/A N/A N/A 22
Inventory-materials 3 9 9 -15
Inventory-finished goods -1 7 7 -5

N/A - not available

NOTES:

The survey included 100 responses from manufacturing plants
in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, northern New
Mexico and western Missouri.

The index is calculated by subtracting the percentage of
total respondents reporting decreases from the percentage
reporting increases. Index values greater than zero generally
suggest expansion, while values less than zero indicate
contraction, the Kansas City Fed said.