Articles Tagged with ''economy''

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl returns with a bonus economic update webinar. This time, Dr. Kuehl will focus less on the current COVID-19 pandemic and instead will take a look at five economic trends that are going to change and five that might.

ASA is part a coalition of organizations throughout the manufacturing supply chain urging Congress to advance a bold, long-term infrastructure bill to address the nation’s longstanding infrastructure needs, and to provide much-needed stability and certainty for the sector during this critical time.

Tune in Wednesday, July 15 at 2 p.m. Eastern for information from Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl on oil markets in flux, price wars and demand shifts.

The American Supply Association is part of a coalition urging federal officials to accelerate the usage of general business tax credits.

Dodge Data & Analytics released its 2020 Dodge Construction Outlook. The report predicts that total U.S. construction starts will slip to $776 billion in 2020, a decline of 4% from the 2019 estimated level of activity.

BlueTarp's supplemental contractor survey revealed that nearly 25% of contractors thought the economy would decline in some way within the next 12 months, an increase from 16.3% last quarter.