The ABC analysis comes around the same time it was announced that construction prices rose 2.3% in May compared to the previous month.
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Combining sweet-spot analysis with market data is a quick way for distributors to realize strengths and weaknesses in their respective markets, says MDM's Analytics team.
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April 2022 orders of manufacturing technology totaled $513.4 million, the second month in a row surpassing half a billion dollars.
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U.S. manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits in the first quarter of 2022 totaled $261.9 billion.
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Our first-quarter M&A Report is now available to download, providing in-depth data and analysis of the January-March 2022 period that followed a record 4Q 2021.
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An annualized growth rate of 10.6% accelerated across industrial and construction distributors during the first three months of 2022.
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The Census Bureau says the international trade deficit was $125.3 billion in March, up from $106.3 billion in February.
Privately‐owned housing units authorized by building permits last month approximately 1.87,000, 0.4% above the revised February rate.
The rising cost of energy sent wholesale prices up a record 11.2% last month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International released its monthly report, showing 25.1% average annual sales growth.
American Supply Association members who responded to a survey said median sales increased 27% in February versus the same month a year ago.
After 9 straight monthly increases, new orders decreased $2.7 billion, or 0.5%, to $542 billion, according to Census Bureau data.
The personal consumption expenditures index, which is monitored by the Federal Reserve, jumped 6.4% in February.
A new estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis says real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 6.9% at the end of 2021.
