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Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining November 2023

By: Jan Schafer

Precision Machining activity has contracted at about the same rate for three months straight.

Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining October 2023

By: Jan Schafer

Precision Machining activity was spared another month of accelerated contraction and held into October the same index reported in September.

Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining September 2023

By: Jan Schafer

Precision Machining activity contracted at an accelerated rate again in September.

Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining August 2023

By: Jan Schafer

Precision machining activity contracted again in August but was up one point.

Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining July 2023

By: Jan Schafer

Precision machining activity for July was steady with June.

Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining June 2023

By: Jan Schafer

Precision Machining June 2023 marks a bigger drop than previous months’ incremental declines.

Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining May 2023

By: Jan Schafer

The Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining May 2023 indicates components expanding and contracting nearly evenly split.

Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining April 2023

By: Jan Schafer

The Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining carried into April the trend from March, moving from flat into contraction, landing at an index of 48.9. 

Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining March 2023

By: Jan Schafer

According to information gleaned from Gardner Business Intelligence surveys, GBI: Precision Machining component activity generally continued in March the ‘right’ paths observed in February.

Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining February 2023

By: Jan Schafer

In February, GBI: Precision Machining component activity generally changed direction in a good way.

Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining January 2023

By: Jan Schafer

The Gardner Business Index (GBI) for Precision Machining indicates that component activity in January looked similar to December.

Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining December 2022

By: Jan Schafer

According to the Gardner Business Index  (GBI) for Precision Machining, component activity in December is essentially a continuation of November.