The t-bill has not told him what he HAS to do yet, but the long bond may be about to tell the t-bill which will tell Ben.
| MANUFACTURING AT A GLANCE MARCH 2010 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Index | Series Index March | Series Index February | Percentage Point Change | Direction | Rate of Change | Trend* (Months) |
| PMI | 59.6 | 56.5 | +3.1 | Growing | Faster | 8 |
| New Orders | 61.5 | 59.5 | +2.0 | Growing | Faster | 9 |
| Production | 61.1 | 58.4 | +2.7 | Growing | Faster | 10 |
| Employment | 55.1 | 56.1 | -1.0 | Growing | Slower | 4 |
| Supplier Deliveries | 64.9 | 61.1 | +3.8 | Slowing | Faster | 10 |
| Inventories | 55.3 | 47.3 | +8.0 | Growing | From Contracting | 1 |
| Customers' Inventories | 39.0 | 37.0 | +2.0 | Too Low | Slower | 12 |
| Prices | 75.0 | 67.0 | +8.0 | Increasing | Faster | 9 |
| Backlog of Orders | 58.0 | 61.0 | -3.0 | Growing | Slower | 3 |
| Exports | 61.5 | 56.5 | +5.0 | Growing | Faster | 9 |
| Imports | 57.0 | 56.0 | +1.0 | Growing | Faster | 7 |
| OVERALL ECONOMY | Growing | Faster | 11 | |||
| Manufacturing Sector | Growing | Faster | 8 | |||