Thursday, June 28, 2007

Kansas City Fed manufacturing index at 5-year low

(Reuters) - The index measures changes in plant production of both
durable and nondurable goods. A reading below zero indicates
contraction in production.




Rising gasoline and energy prices affected many of the 103
producers responding to the survey, which spanned Colorado,
Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, New Mexico and Missouri,
said Chad Wilkerson, the economist compiling the index.


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