February 2010
Release Date: 1 March 2010

BOSTON REGION EXPANDS
Purchasing Managers Index: 53.4
Business Confidence: 68.7

Boston Index  Trend   New Orders  Trend   Production  Trend   Employment  Trend   Supplier Deliveries  Trend   Raw Materials Inventory  Trend   Business Confidence  Trend   Commodity Prices  Trend   Product Prices  Trend   New Export Orders  Trend   Order Backlog  Trend   Finished Goods Inventories  Trend

Aug  2009  39.4 41.2 32.1 41.8 48.8 34.2 57.1 47.7 34.1 32.8 32.1 30.8

Sep  2009  47.4 55.0 36.7 50.5 55.0 34.4 59.3 44.3 38.4 34.3 31.2 21.9

Oct  2009  43.3 53.6 34.2 39.4 49.7 33.5 60.0 44.6 41.4 0.3 50.0 33.5

Nov  2009  45.9 51.9 34.7 47.7 56.1 37.0 59.5 55.5 42.1 33.0 35.7 37.0

Dec  2009  47.7 55.1 42.3 47.5 47.0 41.3 71.4 34.8 41.8 35.4 39.2 33.8

Jan  2010  44.8 50.3 37.3 41.9 46.6 51.1 58.3 61.7 51.1 37.5 35.4 34.0

Feb  2010  53.4 56.8 43.5 57.3 65.6 42.7 68.7 48.0 48.0 32.0 43.7 42.7

This report is based on a survey of a sampling of Purchasing Management Association of Boston members that queries whether a particular economic indicator is better, the same, or worse than the previous month. The response on each item is tabulated into a diffusion index that is calculated as the percent "better" plus one-half of the percent "same".