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EM’s Electrical Price Index (EPI) is on the move, led by a +5.2% gain by Power Wire & Cable in May that put this volatile product category up +18.3% over May 2017. The only other product categories that saw an increase of more than +1% for the...
Construction spending during April 2018 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,310.4 billion, +1.8% above the revised March estimate of $1,286.8 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The April figure is +7.6% above the...
The current conditions component of the EBCI remained essentially flat in May, ticking down by a statistically imperceptible 0.7 points from April to a value of 60 points for last month. Panel member commentary largely supported the numerical...
The U.S. Census Bureau’s national Value of New Construction spending data on more than 80 construction sectors offers some good insight into what makes the construction market tick. On some level the various market segments are all inter...
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.
