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Phil Fed Business Outlook Survey - Good News - NEF (Future employment)

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadadelphia, Business Outlook Survey had some good news hidden in them.

Future Employment outlook moved up 22 points to 10 from -12 last month. It was in the negative territory for the last 7 months. Future New Orders (NOF) increased to 46.7 which is above the average number since May 1968.The last time the number crossed current average was in Sep 08 (36.2).
For Data Junkies: Historical Data
Variable names and definitions for data in the following files:
bos_dif.txt, bos_dif.csv, and bos_dif.xls.
GAC     Current Activity Index                                                                                                                                                                 
NOC     Current New Orders                                                                                                                                                                     
SHC     Current Shipments                                                                                                                                                              
UOC     Current Unfilled Orders                                                                                                                                                
DTC     Current Delivery Time                                                                                                                                                  
IVC     Current Inventories                                                                                                                                                                    
PPC     Current Prices Paid                                                                                                                                                    
PRC     Current Prices Received                                                                                                                                                
NEC     Current Employment                                                                                                                                                                     
AWC     Current Average Workweek                                                                                                                                                                       
GAF     Future Activity Index                                                                                                                                                                  
NOF     Future New Orders                                                                                                                                                                      
SHF     Future Shipments                                                                                                                                                               
UOF     Future Unfilled Orders                                                                                                                                                 
DTF     Future Delivery Time                                                                                                                                                   
IVF     Future Inventories                                                                                                                                                                     
PPF     Future Prices Paid                                                                                                                                                     
PRF     Future Prices Received                                                                                                                                                 
NEF     Future Employment                                                                                                                                                              
AWF     Future Average Workweek                                                                                                                                                
CEF     Future Capital Expenditures 

All of the data are diffusion indexes.
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