FLM News and Press, First Trust Global Engineering and Construction From 05/17/22

Industrial production increased 1.1% in April following a 0.9% gain in March, a 1.0% increase in February, and an 0.8% rise in January. Total industrial capacity utilization increased 0.8 points to 79.0% from 78.2% in March, the highest since December 2018. Industrial output poste...

We believe the conflict in Ukraine may turn out to be less critical for equity markets than the upcoming turn we anticipate in the economic growth cycle. In the near term, we expect the S&P 500 Index (S&P 500) to continue to recover from its March trough. We expect the dis...

People are seeing the fragility of supply chains, leading to a policy shift toward regionalization, and that could create new winners and losers among industrials. Efficiency, in many ways, is at the heart of industrial companies’ value proposition, and we believe this should k...

Total industrial capacity utilization increased 0.7 points to 78.3 percent from 77.7 percent in February, the highest since January 2019. Manufacturing output is at its highest level since July 2008 and is 2.9 percent above its December 2019 pre-pandemic level. Over the last 12 mo...

Total industrial capacity utilization increased 0.3 points to 77.6% from 76.3% in January, the highest since March 2019. Manufacturing output – about 74% of total output – posted a more robust 1.2% increase for the month. All other industries combined (total excludin...

Almost every commodity rose in prices last week, as did the dollar. Those two factors - rising dollar and rising commodity prices - mean the likelihood of recession in the coming year has risen significantly in just the last week. There was considerable volatility in stocks last week,...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the biggest conventional military attack in Europe since World War II, has wide-ranging implications for economies and markets around the world. Disruptions from this war and the higher energy prices that result could significantly dampen Europe&#x...

According to the Census Bureau’s latest report for the month of January 2022, seasonally adjusted sales by mostly online operators skyrocketed by 14.5% from December 2021. Census reported a huge increase in retail across most segments. Total retail sales were up an enormous 3.7...

Industrial production jumped 1.4 percent in January. This was led by an increase in utility output, which surged 9.9 percent for the month, with natural gas up 24.2 percent and electric up 7.6 percent. Manufacturing output - about 74 percent of total output - posted a modest 0.2 perce...

The positive result for the AIER Leading Indicators Index suggests continued economic expansion with the potential for a broadening of growth in the economy. Ongoing disruptions to labor supply and production, rising costs and shortages of materials, and logistics and transportation b...