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O ct. 14
Prelim.
579.8
S e p t.'14
Final
580.1
O c t.'13
Final
567.5
704.1
652.3
666.9
876.4
411.9
941.1
516.0
769.1
324.4
547.2
320.3
704.6
650.9
668.1
877.4
413.4
939.0
515.7
775.1
323.9
546.3
321.4
686.6
620.0
655.7
874.5
411.8
924.7
513.8
744.1
321.6
533.7
324.4
Equipment
Heat exchangers & tanks
Process machinery
Pipes, valves & fittinqs
Process instruments
Pumps & compressors
Electrical equipm ent
Structural supports & misc
Construction labor
Buildinqs
Enqineerinq & supervision
LATEST
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2100
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2000
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Nov.'14
Oct: 14
Nov.'14
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=
93.9
2,056.1
78.7
Nov.'14
Nov.'14
Nov: 14
Nov.'14
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=
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283.4
102.2
157.4
107.8
Oct.'14
Sept.'14
Oct: 14
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=
=
93.1
2,114.6
78.1
Sept.'14
Aug.'14
Sept.' 14
=
=
=
92.9
2,123.6
77.9
Nov.'13
Oct.'13
Nov.'13
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=
=
89.1
2,137.9
75.5
Sept.'14 =
Oct: 14 =
Oct: 14 =
Oct: 14 =
293.2
101.1
156.2
107.8
Aug.'14
Sept.'14
Sept: 14
Sept.'14
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=
=
=
296.6
100.7
157.0
107.9
Nov.'13
Nov.'13
Nov.'13
Nov.'13
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=
290.0
97.6
157.4
YEAR AGO
P R E V IO U S
106.8
1800
J F M A M J
J A S O N D
J F M A M J
J A S O N D
* Current Business Indicators provided by IHS Global Insight, Inc., Lexington, Mass.
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CURRENT TRENDS
Basic chemicals were hard hit from recessions in Japan and Brazil
During the second h a lf o f the current decade, U.S. chemical industry grow th is ex
pected to expand a t a pace o f more than 4% per ye a r on average, exceeding that o f
the overall U.S. economy
M ore than 2 1 5 new chemical production projects valued at over $ 1 3 5 billio n have
been announced in the U.S., helping capital spending to surge nearly 12% in 2 0 1 4 to
more than $ 3 3 bill ion
G lobally, the AC C reported that the O rg a n iza tio n fo r Economic C ooperation and Develop
ment's (OECD; Paris; w w w .o e cd .o rg ) composite leading indicator pointed to stable growth
momentum for the OECD regions as a whole.
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