Economy + Supply
By Staff -- Purchasing, 8/16/2007
| UP | DOWN | SAME | INDEX | |
| Fabricated metals | 38% | 16% | 46% | 60.9 |
| Transportation | 30% | 13% | 57% | 58.5 |
| Semiconductors | 28% | 13% | 59% | 57.3 |
| Passive electronics | 29% | 17% | 54% | 55.6 |
| Steel | 31% | 20% | 49% | 55.3 |
| Energy | 22% | 11% | 67% | 55.1 |
| Corrugated | 22% | 17% | 61% | 52.3 |
| Paper | 18% | 15% | 67% | 51.4 |
| Molded plastics | 24% | 21% | 55% | 51.4 |
| Aluminum | 27% | 25% | 48% | 51.4 |
| Copper & brass | 22% | 19% | 59% | 51.3 |
| Plastic resins | 19% | 16% | 65% | 51.1 |
| Inorganic chemicals | 16% | 14% | 70% | 50.6 |
| Organic chemicals | 16% | 15% | 69% | 50.5 |
| Tooling | 21% | 21% | 58% | 50.0 |
| Computers | 20% | 22% | 58% | 49.0 |
| Industrial machinery | 17% | 29% | 54% | 44.0 |
| Index registers movement; 50 = no change, above 50 = growth, below 50 = contraction Source: www.purchasingdata.com | ||||
| 2006 | 55.8 million barrels |
| 2077 | 31.6 million barrels |
| Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. | |
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