Chemical Industry News: March 2013

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY NEWS The American Chemistry Council (ACC) US Chemical Production Index rose by 0.6% in February 2013 following a revised 0.8 % increase in January. Compared to February 2012, chemical production rose in all regions by 1.2% following January’s 1.4% year to year increase. Comparing the first two months of 2013 to those of […]

Chemical Industry News February 2013

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY NEWS The View from Jamestown – February 2013 The American Chemistry Council (ACC) US Chemical Production Index rose by 0.7% in January 2013 following a revised 0.9% increase in December 2012. Chemical production rose in all regions for the second consecutive month. Compared to January 2012 total chemical production in all regions was […]

Chemical Markets Update – Feb 2013

Employment Optimism and the New Era of Social Media By: Nick Roach CEO, The Chemical Company The Dow’s all time high was on October 9th of 2007. That day the stock market index closed at 14,164. What happened shortly after is not something we would like to relive. Yet it is fantastic that we have […]

The Economy: January 2013

A Gallup Poll conducted on January 7 – 10, just after Washington narrowly avoided the fiscal cliff knocked unemployment off the top of Gallup’s “most important problem” list for the first time since 2009. Federal budget deficit and government dysfunction took over the top spots. The Congressional Budget Office reported that the federal government incurred […]

Chemical Industry News: January 2013

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) US Chemical Production Index rose by 0.3% in December following a revised 0.1% increase in November. Chemical production rose in all regions for the first time since February 2012. Comparing the entire year 2012 to 2011, chemical production was up 0.2% nationally. Year to year comparisons remained ahead in the […]