CP1312-EC

Chemical Processing Economic Snapshot Ending September 2013

March 11, 2013
Shipments and the CAB rose but capacity utilization slipped.
Chemical Processing Economic Snapshot Ending September 2013

Shipments and the CAB rose but capacity utilization slipped. 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.