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? (Required.)

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

	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.

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* 1. What is your name or participant code? (Required.)

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

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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.

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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.

1. What is your name or participant code? (Required.)

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

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

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

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

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

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