CP1504-EC

Chemical Processing Economic Snapshot Ending January 2015

April 11, 2015
Capacity utilization and the CAB rose but shipments sagged.
Chemical Processing Economic Snapshot Ending January 2015

Capacity utilization and the CAB rose but shipments sagged. 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.