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Posted by MAFSI, May 14, 2025

Industry Is Flat At Best Coupled With Stagflation and Uncertainty Overall sales for first quarter 2025 were dead flat at 0% ...

Posted by MAFSI, Feb 24, 2025

Industry Sales Turn The Corner Into Small But Positive Growth, (Potential) Tariff Impacts Make It Nearly Impossible to ...

Posted by MAFSI, Dec 05, 2024

Third Quarter Sales Once Again Are Negative. Fourth Quarter Forecast Is for Zero Growth. Overall sales for Q3/24 were ...

Posted by MAFSI, Sep 11, 2024

Industry Sales Shrink for the 12th Consecutive Quarter Overall, sales for Q2/24 declined for the 12th consecutive quarter, ...

Posted by MAFSI, Jun 26, 2024

Industry Sales Growth For First Quarter Of 2024 At Dead Zero. Hopes Remain For A Second Half Rebound. Overall sales for ...

Posted by MAFSI, Mar 28, 2024

Sales Shrink to a Paltry +1.1%, While Industry Deals With Stag-Flation Overall sales for Q4/23 continued to slump to +1.1% ...

Posted by MAFSI, Nov 20, 2023

Overall sales for Q3/23 dropped to +2.0%, missing the forecast for the third quarter of +3.5%. See the Q3 2023 Commercial ...

Posted by MAFSI, Jul 10, 2023

Overall sales for Q1/23 dropped significantly to +6.6% from +8.7% in Q4/22 and came in short of the forecast of +7.0%. See ...

Posted by MAFSI, Nov 28, 2022

Overall sales for Q3/22 continued to abate with a still healthy advance of +9.0%, having receded from +17.3%, +15.2%, and ...

Posted by Mike Colligon, MAFSI Board Member, Nov 09, 2022

We have talked a lot about the Barometer lately because we know it is a great tool for all MAFSI members! Now we have a new ...