The October report of the Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB) showed a strong 0.6 percent growth over the previous month, representing the fourth consecutive monthly increase in the CAB. The CAB’s three-month moving average (3 MMA) increased in October, suggesting steady growth prospects into 2013. The June, July, August and September 2012 CAB was revised upward [...]

Today, ACC released the September report of the Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), our leading economic indicator derived from a composite index of chemical industry activity. In the report, we noted that September’s uptick in growth follows a trend also observed in both 2010 and 2011 where we saw a strong upswing in the 4th quarter [...]

Today, the American Chemistry Council released the August report of the Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), ACC’s new leading macroeconomic indicator launched in June of this year. The August CAB data showed a growth rate of 0.4 percent from last month, which suggests that economic growth in the second half of the year will continue slowly, [...]

ACC today released the July report of the Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a new leading macroeconomic indicator. This is the second monthly report of the CAB, developed by ACC Economics and Statistics, to anticipate the peaks and troughs in the overall U.S. economy and highlight potential trends in other domestic industries. The July CAB data [...]