Preliminary data from the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; top) for December 2012 (the most recent available) indicate that capital equipment prices rose 0.37% from November to December, reversing the dip from the previous month. Even after the rise, the…
Preliminary data from the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; top) for November 2012 (the most recent available) indicate that capital equipment prices dropped 0.79% from October to November. The current-year plant cost index is 3.4% lower than it was in…
Preliminary data from the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; top) for October 2012 (the most recent available) indicate that capital equipment prices dropped 0.35% from September to October. The current-year plant cost index is 3.2% lower than it was in…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), dropped 3.26% from July to August (the most recent data). Meanwhile, the Current Business Indicators from IHS Global Insight, show less than a 0.3% decrease in the operating…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPC), dropped 1.9% from June to July (the most recent data). Meanwhile, the Current Business Indicators from IHS Global Insight, including the operating rate, dropped slightly from July to…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; top), dropped 2% from April to May (the most recent data). Meanwhile, all of the Current Business Indicators from IHS Global Insight, including the operating rate, increased slightly…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), were relatively flat from March to April (the most recent data). Meanwhile, all of the Current Business Indicators from IHS Global Insight, declined slightly from April to May.…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), increased 0.4% from January to February. The April 2011 issue of CE released the annual 2011 CEPCI, 585.7, which is an 6.3% increase from 2010 and an 11.4%…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), increased 0.5% from December to January. This month’s issue presents the annual 2011 CEPCI, 585.7, which is an 6.3% increase from 2010 and an 11.4% increase from 2009.…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), decreased 0.34% from November to December. Decreases are typical during the third quarter. Annual CEPCI data will be released in the April 2012 issue, when the December 2011…