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Economic downturn expected to catch up with industrial distributors

NAW SmartBrief | Nov 21, 2008

Although most industrial distributors so far have escaped the effects of the economic downturn, the decrease in industrial activity soon will trickle down to distributors, according to this Reuters analysis. U.S. producer prices dropped a record 2.8% in October, and industrial production decreased 3.7% in September. "The deflationary environment would be a pretty significant negative for all industrial distributors," said Brent Rakers, an analyst for Morgan Keegan. Reuters (11/18)


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