Latest Report on Monthly Printing Shipments and Quarterly Profits
Primary metals +15.7%
Machinery +11.4%
Petroleum and coal products +9.3%
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components +8.1%
Computers and electronic products +7.6%
Fabricated metal products +7.4%
Nonmetallic mineral products +7.0%
Durable goods industries +6.3%
Miscellaneous durable goods +6.3%
* 2006 CURRENT DOLLAR GDP +5.7%
All manufacturing industries +5.1%
Furniture and related products +5%
Chemical products +4.7%
Beverage and tobacco products +4.3%
Plastics and rubber products +4.2%
Paper products +4.0%
Nondurable goods industries +3.9%
Leather and allied products +2.3%
Transportation equipment +1.5%
* CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (last 12 months) +1.3%
Printing +1.2%
Food products +0.1%
Textile products -0.2%
Wood products -5.5%
Textile mills -6.8%