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EPI Index Drops 1.3% in October
Nov 18, 2011
Led by a 5.8%-drop in building wire and cable and a 4.3% decline in power wire & cable, EM’s Electrical Price Index (EPI) slid a sizeable 1.3% in October...
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Housing Permits Surge in October
Nov 18, 2011
Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 653,000, 10.9 percent above the revised September rate of 589,000 and 17.7 percent above the October 2010 estimate of 555,000, according to the U.S. Census Department...
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Signs of Hope in Construction Market
Nov 18, 2011
While economists see a flat year for nonresidential construction in 2012, some notable projects are in the works that will pump up electrical sales...
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Eaton sees hope for U.S. electrical
Nov 4, 2011
Cutler pointed to the U.S. electrical segment as a bright spot, with sales up 11 percent, operating profit up 11 percent and record all-time quarterly revenues....
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October EBCI Shows Marked Improvement
Nov 4, 2011
NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) indicated that conditions facing the electrical industry improved on balance in October, climbing to 57.4 points from 50 points in September....
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DISC Sees Sluggish Market in 2012
Nov 4, 2011,
— Herm Isenstein
By this time next year, through the first three quarters of 2012, we will be skimming along at total industry growth just below the zero line. The fourth quarter of next year should raise total industry growth for the year to fractionally above zero...
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Fed Report Finds Modest Expansion
Oct 21, 2011
The Federal Reserve’s latest round of reports from its twelve districts indicate that overall economic activity continued to expand in September, although many districts described the pace of growth as modest...
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EPI Slides 2.9 Percent in September
Oct 21, 2011
Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index (EPI) dropped 2.9% from August, largely due to declines in building wire and cable and power wire and cable...
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Housing Starts Jumped 15% in September
Oct 21, 2011
Privately-owned housing starts in September were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 658,000. This is 15.0 percent above the revised August estimate of 572,000 and is 10.2 percent above the September 2010 rate of 597,000...
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Industry Calendar
January 16-18, 2012
NAED Western Conference
Phoenix; National Association of
Electrical Distributors (NAED)
314-991-9000
www.naed.org
January 31-February 2
NAW Leadership Summit
Washington, D.C.; National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW)
202-872-0885
www.naw.org
February 1-4
2012 NEMRA Annual
San Diego; National ElectricalÂ
Manufacturers Representatives Association (NEMRA)
800-446-3672
www.nemra.org
.... More events and information
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