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Chemical Processing Economic Snapshot Ending October 2016

Shipments slipped but capacity utilization and the CAB rose slightly.

Jan 31, 2017

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Chemical Processing Economic Snapshot Ending October 2016

Shipments slipped but capacity utilization and the CAB rose slightly. Source: American Chemistry Council.

The Chemical Activity Barometer, a metric developed by the American Chemistry Council, takes into account that chemical industry activity occurs early in the supply chain and so offers a leading economic indicator for the overall U.S. economy.

Because of the time needed to collect and generate the data, results presented lag the date they are posted by several months.

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