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…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), decreased 0.53% from October to November. Decreases are typical during the third quarter. Meanwhile, the CPI Operating Rate, as reported from IHS Global Insight, increased 0.8% from November…
As we round the corner from 2011 to 2012, economists are painting dimming pictures for global economic recovery. For instance, a report from IHS (Lexington, Mass.; www.ihs.com) chief economist Nariman Behravesh says, “World growth will slow in 2012 — the…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), decreased slightly from August to September, the first decrease since May of this year and only the second decrease in a year. Typically, the CEPCI increases over the…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), increased approximately 1.3% on average from June to July, after increasing approximately 0.73% from June to July. Meanwhile, according to the Current Business Indicators from Global Insight, Inc.…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), increased approximately 0.73% on average from June to July, after increasing approximately 1.2% from May to June. Meanwhile, according to the Current Business Indicators from Global Insight, Inc.,…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), increased approximately 1.2% on average from May to June, after decreasing approximately 0.10% from April to May. Meanwhile, according to the American Chemistry Council’s (Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) latest…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), decreased approximately 0.10% on average from April to May, after increasing approximately 1.14% from March to April. Meanwhile, according to the American Chemistry Council’s (Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) mid-year…