PMPA Reports

PMPA / ITR Economics Forecast Report August 2024 Despite the Headlines, Optimism Is a Valid Outlook ITR’s latest forecast report ...

PMPA / ITR Economics Forecast Report May 2024 Dickens' opening line from Tale of Two Cities, ("It was the best ...

PMPA / ITR Economics Forecast Report February 2024 Slowing Growth- Is Still Growth Slowing Growth - Is Still Growth but ...

PMPA / ITR Economics Forecast Report November 2023 Slowing growth is the current status and outlook according to ITR’s latest ...

PMPA / ITR Economics Forecast Report August 2023 We don’t need to be professional economists to sense that markets are ...

PMPA / ITR Economics Forecast Report May 2023 The purpose of our precision machining shops is to manufacture components that ...

PMPA / ITR Economics Forecast Report March 2023 The data shows a number of factors pointing to the likelihood of ...

PMPA / ITR Economics Forecast Report November 2022 While our shops continue to sell at elevated levels and schedule overtime ...

PMPA Forecast Report August 2022 PMPA/ITR Economics Forecast Report August 2022 Many of our shops have been scheduling over ten ...

PMPA/ITR Economics Forecast Report May 2022 The latest ITR report presents economic evidence to argue that despite the new uncertainties ...

PMPA/ITR Economics Forecast Report February 2022 Now is when your efforts at managing can really make a difference! Despite all ...

PMPA/ITR Economics Forecast Report November 2021 Enjoy the View- From the Top? The ITR Economics Report for November 2021 just ...

PMPA/ITR Economics Forecast Report August 2021 "Return to normal” is providing us all with a masterclass in “be careful what ...

PMPA/ITR Economics Forecast Report May 2021 According to the most recent economic report from ITR Economics (PMPA's retained economic forecasters), ...

ITR Economics Report for PMPA - February 2021 Transition to Recovery Phase - Optimism in the Numbers Optimism is the ...

ITR Economics Report for PMPA - November 2020 Despite the uncertainty in the news cycle regarding the election, recounts, Covid-19, ...

ITR Economic Report - August 2020 Apparently our optimism is congruent with theirs. As voiced in ITR Economics' most current ...

ITR Economic Report - May 2020 The initial economic impact of the COVID-19 Crisis has been especially painful for businesses ...

ITR Economic Report - February 2020 Five of the seven leading indicators that PMPA follows are in either slowing growth ...

ITR Economic Report - November 2019 The Institute for Trend Research (ITR) quarterly reports focus on major areas of economic ...

ITR Economic Report - August 2019 The Institute for Trend Research (ITR) quarterly reports focus on major areas of economic ...

ITR Economic Report - May 2019 The Institute for Trend Research (ITR) quarterly reports focus on major areas of economic ...

ITR Economic Report - February 2019 The Institute for Trend Research (ITR) quarterly reports focus on major areas of economic ...

ITR Economic Report - November 2018 The Institute for Trend Research (ITR) quarterly reports focus on major areas of economic ...

ITR Economic Report - August 2018 The Institute for Trend Research (ITR) quarterly reports focus on major areas of economic ...

ITR Economic Report - May 2018 The Institute for Trend Research (ITR) quarterly reports focus on major areas of economic ...

ITR Economic Report - February 2018 The Institute for Trend Research (ITR) quarterly reports focus on major areas of economic ...

PMPA Business Trends September 2024 Sales remained in a tight 3-point range for the last 5 months. The average has ...

PMPA Business Trends August 2024 Rangebound is good. PMPA's August Business Trends Report for the Precision machining Industry 1) increased ...

PMPA Business Trends July 2024 July 2024 sales still rock steady as we see almost no volatility this year. Year-to-date ...

PMPA Business Trends June2024 The PMPA Business Trends Sales Index softened by 3 points or 2.1 percent in June 2024 ...

PMPA Business Trends May 2024 PMPA's May 2024 data shows that level, steady sales are our path in 2024. While ...

PMPA Business Trends April 2024 The PMPA Business Trends Sales Index remained level and elevated at 149 for April 2024-up ...

PMPA Business Trends March 2024 The PMPA Business Trends Sales Index for March 2024 remained elevated and level, softening just ...

PMPA Business Trends February 2024 In February, PMPA’s Business Trends Sales Index achieved it's third consecutive increase. Our shops outpaced ...

PMPA Business Trends January 2024 Our January 2024 data shows a strongly positive start for our precision machining shops. Our ...

PMPA Business Trends December 2023 Year End Review and Summary The PMPA Business Trends Sales Index surprised to the upside ...

PMPA Business Trends November 2023 The PMPA Business Trends Sales Index declined modestly to 138- a 3 point or 2.1 ...

PMPA Business Trends October 2023 The PMPA Business Trends Sales Index remained steady as she goes at 141 for the ...

PMPA Business Trends September 2023 PMPA’s September Business Trends Report shows that our industry sales are leveling, and our shops ...

PMPA Business Trends August 2023 Sales for the Precision Machining Industry rebounded up 20 points or 16 percent in August, ...

PMPA Business Trends July 2023 The PMPA Business Trends Sales Index declined 27 points or 18 percent to 127 in ...

PMPA Business Trends June 2023 The PMPA June Business Trends Report shows that precision manufacturing continues to operate at a ...

PMPA Business Trends May 2023 PMPA's May Business Trends report shows the sales this year to be midway between calendar ...

PMPA Business Trends April 2023 The PMPA monthly Business Trends Report for April dropped 17 percent to 140, the second ...

PMPA Business Trends March 2023 Our shops have had two extraordinarily strong years of sales and production. March sales return ...

PMPA Business Trends February 2023 Our shops have had two extraordinarily strong years of sales and production. Our February Sales ...

PMPA Business Trends December 2022 Year End Review and Summary For the year, our Business Trends Sales Index calendar year ...

PMPA Business Trends January 2023 Our shops have had two extraordinarily strong years of sales and production. Our January sales ...

PMPA Business Trends October 2022 The PMPA October Business Trends Index pivoted toward softening in October, with Sales, Leadtime, and ...

PMPA Business Trends September 2022 Level sales in September belie pivot to reduced precision machining activity for 4th Quarter of ...

PMPA Business Trends August 2022 The PMPA Business Trends Index increased from 154 in July to 173 in August, a ...

PMPA Business Trends July 2022 Sales reported by PMPA Business Trends Participants decreased by 12 percent, to our sixth highest ...

PMPA Business Trends June 2022 The PMPA Business Trends Index increased from 167 in May, to 175 in June- increasing ...

PMPA Business Trends May 2022 PMPA’s May Business Trends Report showed the precision machined products industry’s Sales up 38 points ...

PMPA Business Trends April 2022 The April PMPA Business Trends Sales index fell 25 points or 13.8 percent- to its ...

PMPA 2023 Holiday Time Off Report The 2023 Holiday Time-Off surveys have been compiled and calculated, and the 2023 Holiday ...

PMPA 2022 Holiday Time Off Report The 2022 Holiday Time-Off surveys have been compiled and calculated, and the 2022 Holiday ...

PMPA’s Latest Membership Manufacturing Survey Results Thanks to the 72 companies that responded to our latest request for updated information ...