Friday, September 6, 2013

July Commercial Print Ships Fall

http://blogs.whattheythink.com/economics/2013/09/july-commercial-printing-shipments-disappoint-at-2-5-june-shipments-data-revised-sharply-downward/
July 2013 printing shipments were $6.09 billion, down -$156 million compared to 2012 (-2.5%). On an inflation-adjusted basis, shipments were down -$278 million (-4.4%). June shipments were revised significantly downward, -$349 million, as has been the pattern of Commerce Department revisions for the past few years. June shipments are now reported as $5.98 billion, the lowest monthly level since January 1993 (in current dollars), when the current data series began. June is the first month below $6 billion in current dollars since that time.