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TABLE-Richmond Fed services index -30 in Dec

Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:41pm IST
 
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 Dec 23 (Reuters) - Details of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond's monthly services index, released on Tuesday. All
data are seasonally adjusted:
SERVICES SURVEY            Dec    Nov    Oct
Service Revenues           -30    -22    -10   
Number of Employees        -19    -17    -15  
Service Wage                 5      6      6  
Service Demand in
next 6 months               -3     -2      2  
Retail Revenues            -27    -35    -18  
Retail Employees           -14    -32    -29  
Retail Wage                  6    -10     -1  
Retail Inventories         -19    -23    -23  
Big-ticket sales           -50    -63    -36  
Shopper Traffic            -23    -44    -32  
Retail Demand in
next 6 months                5    -14     25  

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