Chemical Processing Economic Snapshot Ending April 2013
March 11, 2013
Shipments dropped but capacity utilization remained level and the CAB rose.
Chemical Processing Economic Snapshot Ending April 2013
Shipments dropped but capacity utilization remained level and the CAB rose. 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.