“Unexpectedly Positive First Quarter, Despite Unseasonal March”
With 79 companies responding, the PMPA Business Trends Index for March fell to 129, a drop of only four points or 3% from February, down 12.2% from March 2019, and down 7% from the March five year average. Who expected this strong of a performance in March?
PMPA Business Trends September 2024 Sales remained in a tight 3-point range for the last 5 months. The average has stayed above 2023 year-end all year and we are currently only 3 points (2.1%) below our predicted year end value. Stability continues to be the story of 2024. Average hours worked continues to decrease. Sentiment…
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PMPA Business Trends June 2020 “Precision Machining Industry Sales Recover to 112 up 33% Over April 2020 Low” With 77 companies responding, the PMPA Business Trends Index for June increased by 33% to 112 from the year’s low in April of 84. It came in up 30.2% above May’s 86 value. This 112…
The manufacturing economy continued its recovery in October. Economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in October, up 3.9 percentage points, sixth consecutive month of improvement. Fabricated Metals Industries reported strong growth.
Ceo at Core Powered Inc. Charles Ruecker discusses the health of manufacturing and his impressions of PMTS 2013.
The Institute for Supply Management last week reported that “The November PMI® registered 58.2 percent, a decrease of 0.5 percentage point from the October reading of 58.7 percent. “ This value means that “Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in November, and the overall economy grew for the 102nd consecutive month.” We’d like to provide a wee bit of…