CALDEIRÃO DE BOLSA

12:01pm 05/19/05 MAY PHILLY FED NEW ORDERS 15.0 VS. 20.3
12:01pm 05/19/05 MAY PHILLY FED SHIPMENTS 14.9 VS.29.4
12:00pm 05/19/05 MAY PHILLY FED FALLS TO 7.3 VS. 25.3 IN APRIL

12:02pm 05/19/05 MAY PHILLY FED EXPECTATIONS FALLS TO 4-YEAR LOW
12:01pm 05/19/05 MAY PHILLY FED PRICES RECEIVED 15.7 VS. 28.0
12:01pm 05/19/05 MAY PHILLY FED EMPLOYMENT 5.4 VS. 16.8

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region slowed in May, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reported Thursday.
The Philly Fed index fell to 7.3 from 23.5 in April.
Economists were expecting the index to slide to 17.9 in May.
The new orders index fell to 15.0 from 20.3.
The shipments index fell to 14.9 from 29.4.
The employment index fell to 5.4 from 16.8.
The prices received index fell to 15.7 from 28.0.
The expectations index fell to 22.3, the lowest in four years.
Readings above zero indicate expansion in activity.