PMPA Business Trends July 2019 “Mixed Signals- Sales Index & Sentiment Recover, but Moving Averages Show Growth Slowing” With 80 companies responding, the PMPA Business Trends Index for July 2019 recovered up 3 points or 2.3 percent to 132. This 132 value is the second lowest for the year, but needs to be…
PMPA Business Trends June 2019 “Sales Index Declines to Five-Year Average in June 2019!” With 78 companies responding, the PMPA Business Trends Index for June 2019 declined 11 points or (7.8%) to 129. This 129 value happens to be the actual Average for June for the immediate five years prior, from 2014-2018. Obviously…
ITR Economic Report – May 2019 The Institute for Trend Research (ITR) quarterly reports focus on major areas of economic growth and decline in key market segments for the Precision Machined Products Industry. They are provided to PMPA members as part of the association’s overall business intelligence program and are used as a management tool to…
PMPA Business Trends May 2019 “Sales Index Increases in May 2019- Sixth Highest Value Ever!” With 80 companies responding, the PMPA Business Trends Index for May 2019 came in at 140, up 3 points (2.2%) from April 2019’s value of 137. This is our Index’s highest value recorded for May, making it our…
PMPA Business Trends April 2019 “Sales Index 2019 YTD – Very Strong Forward Sentiment” With 81 companies responding, the PMPA Business Trends Index for April 2019 came in at 136, up 3 points (2.26%) from April 2018’s value of 133. This is our Index’s highest value recorded for April, making April 2019 our…
PMPA Business Trends March 2019 “March 2019- Back to the Future! Another Sales Record- Following the Pattern” With 81 companies responding, the PMPA Business Trends Index for March 2019 came in at 147, (That is not a typo!) up 14 points-10.5%- over February 2019’s 133, and a new high for our index! The…
ITR Economic Report – February 2019 The Institute for Trend Research (ITR) quarterly reports focus on major areas of economic growth and decline in key market segments for the Precision Machined Products Industry. They are provided to PMPA members as part of the association’s overall business intelligence program and are used as a management tool to…
PMPA Business Trends February 2019 “February 2019 Another Sales Record- Positive 3 Months Ahead” With 81 companies responding, the PMPA Business Trends Index for February 2019 came in at 134, up 5 points over February 2018’s 129, down 8 points from January 2019’s 142. The February 2019 value is up 10% over the…
PMPA Business Trends January 2019 “January Sales Record- Positive 3 Months Ahead” With 84 companies responding, the PMPA Business Trends Index for January 2019 jumped to 142, up 15% over December 2018, and up 5% over January 2018. This is virtually an identical repeat of last January’s performance. The January 2019 value is…
ITR Economic Report – November 2018 The Institute for Trend Research (ITR) quarterly reports focus on major areas of economic growth and decline in key market segments for the Precision Machined Products Industry. They are provided to PMPA members as part of the association’s overall business intelligence program and are used as a management tool to…