KC Fed manufacturing index 18 in Feb vs 5 in Jan

Feb 22 (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 Feb Jan (Prev) 6 mos.
Production 18 5 5 25
Shipments 20 16 16 21
New Orders 20 9 9 23
Backlog Orders 9 -4 -4 13
Number of employees 13 8 8 25
Average workweek 7 -4 -4 12
Finished product prices 15 11 11 36
Raw product prices 37 35 35 52
Capital expenditures N/A N/A N/A 30
Inventory-materials 13 8 8 -5
Inventory-finished goods -7 -7 -7 -5

N/A - not available

NOTES:

The survey included 104 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.