The electrical industry's near-term fortunes are influenced by trends in the wider economy. Here's where we gather some of the most relevant economic data pointing to the direction ahead, including industrial purchasing, housing and nonresidential construction, rig counts and a whole lot more.
"The primary drivers will continue to be the presence of active buyers, and many potential sellers. The pace of M&As, and the industry’s merger/acquisition climate will continue to fluctuate because it’s closely tied to...
"The biggest impact for the electrical industry was in 2009 when industry sales tanked by more than 20%. We were seeing things as early as 2007 and 2008 in the overall U.S. economy that were big red flags."
The value of new construction starts climbed 9% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $621.0 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics, but giant construction projects continue to prop up the gains to some degree. The increase...
The electrical industry is off to a slower start than expected, with the nation's oil patches taking the biggest hit, says Herm Isenstein, president, DISC Corp...
North Dakota, North Carolina and Texas had the highest percentage of in-bound moves, and New York, Illinois and Delaware had the highest percentage of out-bound moves.
EW's editors think business in the electrical market should be at least 6% better overall in 2015 than 2014, and potentially much better for companies located in the right geographic areas and serving the right mix of markets...
"As we moved through this year we saw a number of economic events developing that are not as encouraging for the coming year, 2015, compared to what we expected for 2015 from our view in January 2014. Here are the major concerns that will...
