The National Federation of Independent Business’s (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index declined to 103 in September from 105.3 in August. The NFIB said the drop was due to increased pessimism about future sales figures. Additionally, […] Read More
The National Federation of Independent Business’s (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index declined to 103 in September from 105.3 in August. The NFIB said the drop was due to increased pessimism about future sales figures. Additionally, […] Read More
As American Metal Market (subscription required) reported last week, imports of unwrought aluminum into the United States fell slightly from July to August, but increased 29.2 percent from August 2016 to August 2017. American Metal […] Read More
The U.S. economy grew at a 3.1 percent annualized rate in the second quarter of 2017 after expanding at a 1.2 percent rate in the first three months of the year. According to the U.S. […] Read More
The Metals Service Center Institute announced last week that, except for a small decline in Canadian aluminum shipments, the modest year-over-year growth in service center shipments over the last four months continued in August. According […] Read More
The Federal Reserve announced last week that Hurricane Harvey contributed to the largest decline in industrial production in the United States in eight years. Overall output dropped 0.9 percent from July to August. Manufacturing production […] Read More