Monday, August 5, 2013

H1 Commercial Print Shipments Down

http://blogs.whattheythink.com/economics/2013/08/june-2013-us-commercial-printing-shipments-down-1-6-first-half-of-2103-down-1-5/
The US Commerce Department released commercial printing shipments data for June 2013. In current dollars, shipments were $6.33 billion, down -$100 million (-1.6%) compared to 2012. After adjusting for inflation, shipments were down -$213 million after inflation adjustment (-3.3%).
For the first half of the year, shipments were $39.3 billion in current dollars, down -$579 million (-1.5%), or -$1.19 billion (-2.9%) after inflation.