That chart again.
Month Shipments Bookings Book-to-Bill Feb 96 $1,242.7 $1,686.5 1.36 Mar 96 1,255.6 1,447.0 1.15 Apr 96 1,353.9 1,360.5 1.00 May 96 1,365.7 1,186.7 0.87 Jun 96 (revised) 1,357.6 1,178.1 0.87 July 96 1,310.8 991.8 0.76 August 96 1,248.3 881.9 0.71 September 96 1,118.7 777.8 0.70 October 96 1,072.4 832.9 0.78 November 96 1,062.3 951.5 0.90 December 96 (revised) 1,032.8 1,058.1 1.02 January 97 1,034.2 1,116.2 1.08 February 97 (revised) 1,029.5 1,105.1 1.07 March 97 1,101.6 1,264.7 1.15 April 97 1,260.5 1,385.7 1.10 May 97 1,299.4 1,421.0 1.09 June 97(revised) 1,372.0 1,471.2 1.07 July 97(revised) 1,468.0 1,662.0 1.13 Aug 97(preliminary) 1,544.1 1.11 Sep 97 1,600.0 1,750.0 1.07 October 97 (final) 1,793.2 1,834.7 1.02 November 97 (revised) 1,875.2 1,844.2 0.98 December 97 (prelim.) 1,809.0 1,750.3 0.97 (I think Aug 97 came from a "press release".) |