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Get the Full March Issue:PLEASE NOTE THAT THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 EPIDEMIC HAS PROMPTED US TO SHORTEN THIS MONTH'S ISSUE. We recognize that there is considerable turmoil in everyone's business, as managers work to reposition production and delivery schedules, expedite material shipments, rearrange tr... Continue Reading

Get the Full February Issue:Download the 16 page Economic Update for the full details of recent economic trends impacting the steel and commodities markets, as well as the associated industries across the globe!February 2020 // Economic Update Executive SummaryAmericasTHE U.S. TRADE DEFICIT SHRANK L... Continue Reading

January 2020 // Economic Update Executive SummaryAmericasTHE U.S. FACTORY SECTOR HEADED INTO 2020 ON A WEAK FOOTING, contracting in December for a fifth-consecutive month as trade tensions continued to pressure manufacturing. The USMCA trade deal was signed after Congressional negotiations secured s... Continue Reading

December 2019 // Economic Update Executive SummaryAmericasU.S. MANUFACTURING CONTRACTED FASTER THAN EXPECTED IN NOVEMBER, rekindling worries about the country’s trade wars. It was the fourth-consecutive month of contraction for the ISM manufacturing index. Businesses have reduced production in respo... Continue Reading

November 2019 // Economic Update Executive SummaryAmericasTHE NEWS LAST MONTH OFFERED SOME POSITIVE SIGNS that China and the U.S. may finally be getting closer to a formal trade deal with a tentative agreement on a “phase one” step. The overall U.S. trade deficit widened in the first nine months... Continue Reading