The Georgia International Business Index (GIBI) Report is underwritten by the Manufacturing and Distribution Group of Smith & Howard, an Atlanta accounting and advisory firm, and is produced quarterly by the Econometric Center at Kennesaw State University.
Georgia’s International Business Index (GIBI) — rose by 13.9 points from 55.8 to 69.6 in the first quarter of 2014.
Highlights of the first quarter GIBI include:
- New orders were up 28.8 points, to 75.0
- Production was up 14 points, to 67.9
- Employment was down 8.5 points, to 60.7
- Capital Spending increased 21.2 points, to 75.0
Georgia International Business Index provides a snapshot of foreign manufacturing business activity in Georgia. Data on new orders, production employment and capital spending are collected and tallied into a diffusion index compiled from responses to the question: did your company experience an increase, decrease or no change during the past quarter? A GIBI reading above 50 indicates that more respondents are reporting increases than decreases.
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