Industry Demand - NABE Industry Survey
The Graph of the Week comes from the January 2008 NABE Industry Survey and shows the Demand Net Rising Index. From the survey:
Based on a quarterly survey of 98 NABE members in four broad sectors, growth in demand for goods and services at respondents’ firms was positive but sluggish in the fourth quarter of 2007. Goods-producing firms were almost equally split among firms with rising, falling, and unchanged demand. Growth slowed abruptly in transportation, utilities, information, and communications (TUIC) and moderately in the services sector. Growth strengthened among finance, insurance, and real estate (FIRE) firms on balance.
NABE members can read the full survey here. A summary is available to the public.