TABLE-Dallas Fed Texas Oct manufacturing activity -3.3

Oct 26 (Reuters) - Details of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Dallas' Texas monthly manufacturing index released on Monday.

Following are details from the survey:

Expected 6

Oct Sept months

Index Index Index
General Business Activity -3.3 -6.4 16.7*
Production -8.0 -0.5 39.1
Capacity utilization -11.3 -4.8 37.3
Volume of new orders -2.8 8.0 36.7*
Growth rate of orders -9.6 -4.8 31.9
Unfilled orders -18.7 -3.9 4.4*
Volume of shipments -16.1 0.3 38.6
Delivery time* -6.6 -8.4 -4.5
Materials inventories* -24.2 -25.6 -2.3
Finished goods inventories* -16.5 -21.3 -7.8
Prices paid for raw materials 15.0 9.8 30.0*
Prices received
for finished goods -21.5 -17.9 -3.4*
Wages and benefits *1.1 *0.0 12.8
Number of employees -11.9 -8.1 16.7*
Average employee workweek* -16.6 -7.4 11.1
Capital expenditures* -12.1 -12.8 0.0

Expected 6

Oct Sept months

Index Index Index
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NOTES:

Beginning with the August 2009 report, the Dallas Fed said
it had sufficient data to report some components on a
seasonally adjusted basis.

Items or components still reported on an unadjusted basis
are indicated with an asterisk (*).

The index measures Texas' factory activity. Readings above
zero indicate expansion and negative levels contraction. The
survey began in 2004.