Compared to the previous quarter, sales, profits, new orders, employment and inventory levels all fell while only selling price, which remains negative, went up from -7.32 percentage points to -3.33 percentage points.
On a year-ago basis, only employment rose, jumping from +4.39 percentage points to +14.44 percentage points. Five indicators increased for transportation, but three – sales, net profits and inventory levels – came in at 0 percentage points, while the remaining three were positive. Manufacturing and wholesale trade were the most downbeat sectors. Manufacturing had employment as its sole positive indicator and wholesale trade had none.
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