Economics
Gardner Business Index: Metalworking May 2017 – 57.1
Production drives the overall industry to its highest point in more than five years.
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GBI Metalworking April 2017 – 54.8
Growth slows slightly, but expansion is still the greatest it has been in three years.
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GBI: Metalworking March 2017 – 56.4
A third month of expansion reflects growth in virtually every significant metalworking sector.
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GBI: Metalworking February 2017 – 56.0
As expansion continues, the metalworking industry has hit its highest point in five years.
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GBI: Metalworking January 2017 – 53.8
The metalworking industry expands for the first time in almost two years.
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GBI: Metalworking December 2016 – 49.8
Contraction slows and index reaches its highest level since June 2015.
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GBI: Metalworking November 2016 – 49.7
Industry shows clear improvement from where it was a year earlier.
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GBI: Metalworking October 2016 – 48.4
The trend in backlogs indicates capacity utilization at shops should begin improving.
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GBI: Metalworking September 2016 – 48.4
Continued moderate contraction indicates the industry has improved.
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Gardner Business Index: Metalworking August 2016 – 48.7
Contraction continues to slow as index reaches its second highest level in almost a year and a half.
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