Durable Goods
Sub-Indices			April	March	Change	Direction		Rate		Trend
New Orders			50.2	53.2	-3.0	Growing		Slower		4
Production			51.9	52.7	-0.8	Growing		Slower		4
Backlog			41.9	44.6	-2.7	Contracting		Faster		13
Employment			51.8	52.9	-1.1	Growing		Slower		4
Exports			47.3	46.6	0.7	Contracting		Slower		12
Supplier Deliveries			52.6	54.8	-2.2	Lengthening		Less		17
Material Prices			59.7	63.9	-4.2	Increasing		Less		17
Prices Received			49.2	50.8	-1.6	Decreasing		From Increasing		1
Future Business Expectations			65.4	68.2	-2.8	Improving		Less		17
Gardner Business Index			49.3	50.8	-1.5	Contracting		From Growing		1
Industry							Average Annual Metalcutting Spending
Metalcutting Job Shops							1,536.2
Machinery & Equipment Manufacturing							562.1
Automotive							557.3
Aerospace							504.1
Forming & Fabricating (non-auto)							338.8
Pumps, Valves & Plumbing Products							318.9
Electronics, Computers & Telecommunications							214.2
Industrial Motors, Hydraulics & Mechanical Components							213.5
Medical							136.2
Oil, Gas Field & Mining Machinery							131.1
Off-Road & Construction Machinery							122.7
Power Generation							66.6
Military							54.9
Primary Metals							52.3
Hardware							45.9
HVAC							31.0
Construction Materials							14.7
Ship Building							9.3
Custom Processors							7.9
Furniture Manufacturing							6.9
Plastics & Rubber							6.6
Appliances							5.6
Wood & Paper Products							3.7
Food & Beverage Processing							0.5
Petrochemical Processors							0.3
Printing							0.0
Textiles, Clothing & Leather Goods							0.0
*millions of real dollars
Industry							Average Annual Plastics Spending
Custom Processors							951.0
Plastics & Rubber							518.3
Automotive							313.5
Petrochemical Processors							275.7
Medical							231.1
Electronics, Computers & Telecommunications							148.7
Wood & Paper Products							138.7
Metalcutting Job Shops							98.0
Forming & Fabricating (non-auto)							86.3
Machinery & Equipment Manufacturing							70.3
Textiles, Clothing & Leather Goods							60.0
Primary Metals							55.5
Furniture Manufacturing							54.7
Aerospace							49.8
Power Generation							49.0
Hardware							24.5
Pumps, Valves & Plumbing Products							19.7
Construction Materials							18.1
Food & Beverage Processing							13.8
Off-Road & Construction Machinery							11.0
Industrial Motors, Hydraulics & Mechanical Components							10.5
Printing							9.9
Appliances							9.7
Military							6.8
Oil, Gas Field & Mining Machinery							6.1
HVAC							5.1
Ship Building							0.0
*millions of real dollars