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But new orders placed in January marked a 29% decrease from December 2020, according to the most recent U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report.
Year-over-year, the goods and services deficit increased $23.8 billion, or 53.7%, from January 2020.
Indian River Consulting Group’s (IRCG) weekly Pandemic Revenue Index for the work week of Feb. 22 to Feb. 26 increased 13% as the PRI nears its one-year anniversary and, therefore, its conclusion.
The seasonally adjusted Fastener Distributor Index (FDI) for February was 66.1, up from 57.7 in January.
Construction spending for the first month of 2021 was also up 1.7% from the previous month of December 2020.
The U.S. Census Bureau has released advance indicators showing that the international trade deficit and wholesale inventories both increased in January.
The February PMI registered 60.8%, up 2.1% from the January reading of 58.7% and marking a ninth consecutive month of expansion.
Association also reports that the average annual sales growth for the 12 months through January 2021 for HARDI distributors is 4.8%.
Increase of manufactured durable goods is the ninth in a row since May 2020; this growth period was preceded by two decreases during the height of the coronavirus crisis.
Current dollar GDP increased 6.1% at an annual rate, or $317.6 billion, in the fourth quarter to a level of $21.49 trillion
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Indian River Consulting Group’s (IRCG) weekly Pandemic Revenue Index for the work week of Feb. 15 to Feb. 19 decreased 7.2%, the first decline in weeks likely due to inclement weather nationwide but especially in Texas.
Latest Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) shows that all four broad categories of indicators used to construct the index made positive contributions in January, but three categories decreased from December.
Indian River Consulting Group’s (IRCG) weekly Pandemic Revenue Index for the work week of Feb. 8 to Feb. 12 increased 5%, returning to the normal growth trend of mid-single-digit improvement.
But housing starts down compared to year-ago period and the previous month, according to the latest residential construction report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
These are the latest indicators on revenue and pricing based on fourth-quarter 2020 results and distributor and manufacturer expectations for first-quarter and full-year 2021. Distributors are optimistic about future business performance.
According to the Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Report, manufacturing output increased 1% during the month, about the same as its average gain over the previous five months.
Indian River Consulting Group’s (IRCG) weekly Pandemic Revenue Index for the work week of Feb. 1 to Feb. 5 increased 14.1%, continuing a normal growth trend.
Wholesale trade shows improvement from same month in 2019 and from the previous month of November, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
