The NEMA Electroindustry Business Confidence Index’s 10-point slide from 70.6 points in May to 60.5 points in June brings it to the lowest level since Nov. 2016.
May was another month of light activity for Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index (EPI), with no change since April and just a 0.2% increase from May 2016. It’s interesting to note that while Building Wire & Cable showed no change month-to...
Total building permits lose momentum in May. Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in May were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,168,000. This is- 4.9% below the revised April rate of 1,228,000 and 0.8% below the May...
Building permits sag in April. Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,229,000, -2.5% below the revised March rate of 1,260,000, but +5.7% above the April 2016 rate of 1...
Construction spending during March 2017 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,218.3 billion, 0.2% below the revised February estimate of $1,220.7 billion. The March figure is 3.6% above the March 2016 estimate of $1,176.4 bil...
