U.S. durable goods orders dropped sharply in June, led by a plunge in aircraft demand, though the overall decline was milder than economists anticipated.
The Conference Board’s June 2025 report shows continued decline in its Leading Economic Indicator, signaling slower growth ahead.
U.S. housing starts rose in June from a downtrodden May but remained slightly below last year’s levels, with weakness in single-family starts and permits.
Our second quarter MarketPulse shares a wealth of data from the 2Q25 Baird-MDM Industrial Distribution Survey – conducted in early July – that covered respondents’ revenue performance, pricing updates and expectations for the current quarter...
U.S. industrial production rebounded in June, surpassing forecasts, driven by a sharp rise in utilities and modest manufacturing gains.
U.S. producer prices were flat in June, falling short of expectations as cooling goods costs offset a rise in services.
U.S. consumer prices increased in June, while core inflation continued to rise at a slower pace for the fifth consecutive month below expectations.
U.S. manufacturing technology orders rose in May compared to last year, signaling steady recovery despite monthly declines and ongoing economic uncertainty.
The latest MDM Forecast reflects a slight downward revision in 2025 revenue expectations, though still aligned with historical averages. As always, results vary across the 19 industry sectors tracked by the U.S. Census Bureau. Get...
Alongside MDM and NAW’s own research into how tariffs are impacting distributors, a pair of new reports share fresh statistics on wholesale trade’s outsized brunt of the economic burden from them.
U.S. manufacturing activity remained in contraction during June for a fourth straight month, but the improvement topped economists’ expectations and snapped three straight months of monthly decline.
U.S. wholesale inventories fell in May, missing forecasts, as the trade deficit widened and retail inventories edged higher.
