ISM-Houston Business Survey - Sample Survey

Monthly Houston Business Survey

This survey has been provided to give you a better understanding of the requirements for completing the ISM-Houston Business Survey on a monthly basis. It is a duplicate of the survey that we hope you agree to fill out each month to support ISM-Houston in this effort.

Note that none of your responses will be reviewed and our database is purged on a frequent basis. Also note that your participation in the actual survey and that of your company will be held strictly confidential. ISM-Houston never shares this information, or individual company results from the survey, with anyone.

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* 1. What is your name or participant code?

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* 2. Please compare this month's activity to the prior month for each of the following business indicators.

	Up	Same	Down	N/A
Sales/New Orders	Sales/New Orders Up	Sales/New Orders Same	Sales/New Orders Down	Sales/New Orders N/A
Production	Production Up	Production Same	Production Down	Production N/A
Employment	Employment Up	Employment Same	Employment Down	Employment N/A
Purchases	Purchases Up	Purchases Same	Purchases Down	Purchases N/A
Prices Paid	Prices Paid Up	Prices Paid Same	Prices Paid Down	Prices Paid N/A
Lead Times	Lead Times Up	Lead Times Same	Lead Times Down	Lead Times N/A
Purchased Goods Inventories	Purchased Goods Inventories Up	Purchased Goods Inventories Same	Purchased Goods Inventories Down	Purchased Goods Inventories N/A
Finished Goods Inventories	Finished Goods Inventories Up	Finished Goods Inventories Same	Finished Goods Inventories Down	Finished Goods Inventories N/A

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* 3. Please compare your expectations for activity six months from now to current activity for each of the following business indicators.

	Up	Same	Down	N/A
Sales/New Orders	Sales/New Orders Up	Sales/New Orders Same	Sales/New Orders Down	Sales/New Orders N/A
Employment	Employment Up	Employment Same	Employment Down	Employment N/A

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* 4. What commodities or services were in short supply this month?

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* 5. What commodities or services were up in price this month?

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* 6. What commodities or services were down in price this month?

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* 7. Please provide any additional comments regarding your business or general economic trends.