Economics
Composites Index climbs closer to expansion
Rising readings across the GBI build a case for sustained composites growth headed into 2025.
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Composites market shows signs of stabilizing as future outlook brightens
Improving supplier deliveries and strong future business index point to opportunities ahead.
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Overall composites index contracting faster than previous month
New orders, production and prices components all improved over October, though the GBI is still seeing contraction.
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Contraction slows for second month, with some indicators improving
In September new orders and employment were up slightly, future business outlook improved and material prices dropped.
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Composites activity still contracting, but slower than previous month
Future business outlook has improved but most other measures have continued contraction or remain “flat.”
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Composites activity contracted faster for the third month in a row
GBI: Composites Fabricating landed at 41.6, becoming one of the index’s more significant declines in 2024 so far.
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Composites industry activity continued to contract faster in June
Composites Fabricating’s second month of contraction, also reflected in other industry segments, suggests larger factors are at play.
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Composites GBI shows faster activity contraction
The total index reading backed down in May from its anticipated expansion, contracting again to land at 46.8.
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GBI activity knocks at the door of expansion in April
While the Composites Fabricating index still contracted in April, it continues to close in on a reading of 50, which indicates expansion.
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Composites industry activity meaningfully slowed contraction in March
The GBI: Composites Fabricating still contracted in March, though it landed just one point shy of 50, which could eventually lead it into expansion territory.
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