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Mixed indicator from April building permits. The U.S. Census Dept. said privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,352,000, 1.8% below the revised March rate of 1,377,000...
At +0.1%, the total increase for Electrical Marketing’s April Electrical Price Index was nothing to write home about. But the +2.4% year-over-year (YOY) increase and a few large increases in lighting products were definitely notable. Residential...
While preparing the annual Top 200 listing of the largest electrical distributors in North America for next month’s issue of Electrical Wholesaling, one word summarized the reaction of EM’s editors to the changes in this year’s...
Robert Murray, Dodge’s chief economist, said the latest data shows that construction starts so far in 2018 are proceeding slightly behind last year’s pace.
Construction spending during March 2018 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,284.7 billion, -1.7% below the revised February estimate of $1,306.4 billion. The March figure is +3.6% above the March 2017 estimate of $1,239.6...
Current conditions facing the electroindusty held steady in April at an index value of 60.7, matching March’s reading exactly. The share of respondents reporting better conditions increased somewhat, but so did the share of those indicating worse...
While U.S. Department of Commerce data shows the overall value of new construction numbers for private construction of electric power plants is down 7% year-over-year through March, there appears to be a pocket of growth in the power market &mdash...
After several years of little or no growth, Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index (EPI) is on the move, with a +0.3% increase in March to 148.4 points; that’s up +2.6% year-over-year (YOY). Pole-line hardware (+2.4%); Boxes (+2.4%); and...
