HARDI Member Revenues Growth Turned Negative in April
The decline followed year-over-year gains of 6% in January, 4% in February and 0.7% in March, HARDI said.
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March 2023
March Cutting Tool Orders Up 18% From a Year Ago
Cutting tool consumption totaled $225.6M, according to the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute and The Association For Manufacturing Technology.
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Healthy March for Metalworking Machinery Orders
March orders were up 16.5% over February 2023 orders and just under 2% below March 2022 orders, according to a new report.
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March Wholesaler Sales Down 2.9% YoY as Inventories Hold
Total inventories of merchant wholesalers were $918.5 billion, virtually unchanged from the revised February level.
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March NonRes Construction Spending Up 0.7%
On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $997.1 billion for the month, according to ABC.
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ABC: Construction Job Openings Dropped by 63K in March
The construction industry had 341,000 job openings in March, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of federal data.
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Construction Input Prices See First YoY Decline Since 2020
While overall construction input prices rose slightly from February, they were 0.9% lower than in March 2022.
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U.S. Factory Output Rose 0.4% in March, Topping Expectations
The increase was above investor expectations of a 0.2% gain, according to a survey by The Wall Street Journal.
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PPI: March Wholesale Inflation Posts Biggest Drop in 3 Years
The Producer Price Index fell 0.5% in March, the largest decline since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.
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Data: U.S. Construction Employment Lost 9K Jobs in March
On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has grown by 196,000 jobs, an increase of 2.5%, according to a recent report.
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March M&A Roundup: Activity Slows After Blistering Start to 2023
The pace of mergers and acquisitions among industrial distributors and manufacturers stalled in March following several strong months.
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