Title:               Buying Policy, Capital Expenditures, Percent Reporting, Commitments 6 Months or Longer for the United States
Series ID:           M06099USM156NNBR
Source:              National Bureau of Economic Research
Release:             NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Monthly
Units:               Percentage
Date Range:          1955-05-01 to 1967-06-01
Last Updated:        2012-08-17 1:50 PM CDT
Notes:               Source: National Association Of Purchasing Agents, Data Furnished
                     Directly From Source For 1955-1957; Thereafter Data Furnished By The
                     "Business Survey, " Found In The First Issue Of Each Month Of The
                     Bulletin Of The National Association Of Purchasing Agents.
                     
                     This NBER data series m06099 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 6
                     at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter06.html.
                     
                     NBER Indicator: m06099

DATE       VALUE
1955-05-01    57
1955-06-01    57
1955-07-01     .
1955-08-01    59
1955-09-01    57
1955-10-01    57
1955-11-01    62
1955-12-01    63
1956-01-01    64
1956-02-01    68
1956-03-01    64
1956-04-01    61
1956-05-01    62
1956-06-01    62
1956-07-01     .
1956-08-01    63
1956-09-01    62
1956-10-01    64
1956-11-01    66
1956-12-01    66
1957-01-01    60
1957-02-01    63
1957-03-01    63
1957-04-01    53
1957-05-01    51
1957-06-01    54
1957-07-01    64
1957-08-01     .
1957-09-01    49
1957-10-01    44
1957-11-01    50
1957-12-01    49
1958-01-01    43
1958-02-01    36
1958-03-01    41
1958-04-01    33
1958-05-01    32
1958-06-01    38
1958-07-01    37
1958-08-01    26
1958-09-01    33
1958-10-01    40
1958-11-01    43
1958-12-01    47
1959-01-01    41
1959-02-01    43
1959-03-01    42
1959-04-01    49
1959-05-01    49
1959-06-01    50
1959-07-01    49
1959-08-01    53
1959-09-01    54
1959-10-01    49
1959-11-01    55
1959-12-01    49
1960-01-01    55
1960-02-01    50
1960-03-01    46
1960-04-01    50
1960-05-01    46
1960-06-01    50
1960-07-01    45
1960-08-01    47
1960-09-01    43
1960-10-01    39
1960-11-01    38
1960-12-01    37
1961-01-01    40
1961-02-01    39
1961-03-01    45
1961-04-01    45
1961-05-01    41
1961-06-01    38
1961-07-01    45
1961-08-01    47
1961-09-01    46
1961-10-01    39
1961-11-01    39
1961-12-01    47
1962-01-01    41
1962-02-01    47
1962-03-01    44
1962-04-01    46
1962-05-01    39
1962-06-01    41
1962-07-01    38
1962-08-01    46
1962-09-01    48
1962-10-01    47
1962-11-01    47
1962-12-01    43
1963-01-01    47
1963-02-01    45
1963-03-01    45
1963-04-01    45
1963-05-01    44
1963-06-01    43
1963-07-01    48
1963-08-01    48
1963-09-01    46
1963-10-01    46
1963-11-01    42
1963-12-01    48
1964-01-01    46
1964-02-01    44
1964-03-01    49
1964-04-01    44
1964-05-01    50
1964-06-01    50
1964-07-01    48
1964-08-01    51
1964-09-01    50
1964-10-01    51
1964-11-01    55
1964-12-01    54
1965-01-01    57
1965-02-01    58
1965-03-01    57
1965-04-01    65
1965-05-01    58
1965-06-01    61
1965-07-01    57
1965-08-01    62
1965-09-01    64
1965-10-01    58
1965-11-01    63
1965-12-01    65
1966-01-01    68
1966-02-01    71
1966-03-01    71
1966-04-01    71
1966-05-01    74
1966-06-01    77
1966-07-01    69
1966-08-01    75
1966-09-01    72
1966-10-01    71
1966-11-01    73
1966-12-01    73
1967-01-01    73
1967-02-01    71
1967-03-01    70
1967-04-01    70
1967-05-01    67
1967-06-01    67