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    SMU Steel Buyers Sentiment Index 3MMA Continues Down Less Optimistic Road

    Written by John Packard


    Twice per month Steel Market Update (SMU) canvasses buyers and sellers of flat rolled steels on a wide variety of topics. One area we probe is how they feel about their individual company’s ability to be successful in today’s economy (Current Sentiment) as well as what they think business conditions will look like three to six months into the future (Future Sentiment).

    SMU just completed our mid-November market analysis and buyers and sellers of flat rolled steel continue to be less optimistic of their company’s ability to be successful whether in the current market conditions or three to six months into the future.

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