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McGraw-Hill Construction Forecasts Flat Year for Construction Market in 2012
Oct 21, 2011
Lingering doubts in the minds of business executives and consumers about the health of the U.S. economy, uncertainty over the political turmoil in Washington, D.C., and weak demand may choke off any significant growth in the 2012 construction market. That’s the consensus of the construction economists at McGraw-Hill Construction Outlook 2012, held Oct. 19 in Washington, D.C....
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Electrical Marketing’s Leading Indicators
Sep 23, 2011
Building permits increase 3.2 percent in August; Architectural Billings Index takes a surprising turn to higher ground and Conference Board employment indicator slumps...
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Fed: Growth Slow, Even in Manufacturing
Sep 9, 2011
Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts in the central bank’s latest Beige Book report indicated that economic activity continued to expand at a modest pace, though some districts noted mixed or weakening activity...
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NEMA EBCI Index for North American Current Conditions Improves in August
Sep 9, 2011
NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index for current North American conditions gained ground in August but remained below levels suggestive of industry-wide expansion for a third straight month. The index, a monthly survey of senior executives at member firms of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), Rosslyn, Va., climbed to 41.4 points, up 9.4 points from its July reading, but still below the 50-point mark indicating growth...
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Commerce Dept. Reports Value of New Construction Down 1.3 Percent in July
Sep 9, 2011
The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce said construction spending during July 2011 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $789.5 billion, 1.3 percent below the revised June estimate of $799.8 billion. The July figure is 0.1 percent above the July 2010 estimate of $789 billion. During the first seven months of this year, construction spending amounted to $435.5 billion, 3.5 percent below the $451.2 billion for the same period in 2010...
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NEMA EBCI Index Sees Big Drop in June
Jul 8, 2011
Results from NEMA’s latest electroindustry confidence survey echo those of numerous other economic data releases of late, indicating the business environment facing the industry has hit a soft patch — but one that is expected to prove temporary...
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May Construction Down 7.1 Percent Year-to-Year to $753.5 Billion Annual Rate
Jul 8, 2011
The Department of Commerce said construction spending during May was at an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of $753.5 billion, 0.6 percent below the revised April estimate of $757.9 billion. The May construction spending figure is 7.1 percent below the May 2010 estimate of $811.2 billion. During the first five months of this year, construction spending amounted to $285.1 billion, 6.3 percent below the $304.4 billion for the same period in 2010...
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Housing Starts Up 7.2 Percent in March
Apr 22, 2011
Privately-owned housing starts in March were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 549,000, 7.2 percent above the revised February estimate of 512,000, but 13.4 percent below the March 2010 rate of 634,000...
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Manufacturers See Single-Digit Growth
Apr 22, 2011
It’s earnings report season again, and the financial reports for the first quarter of 2011 now being published by publicly held electrical manufacturers are painting a picture of 2011 as a year of steady but not spectacular growth...
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Siemens Plans IPO to Spin Off Osram but Will Retain Key Stake
Apr 8, 2011
The announcement by Siemens that it plans to publicly list its lighting subsidiary Osram GmbH in the fall of 2011 but retain a minority stake in the company as a “long-term anchor shareholder,” put to rest for the time being the speculation that it wanted to get out of the lighting business...
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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
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