SMU Data and Models
February 19, 2016
Service Center Apparent Excess Results & Forecast
Written by John Packard
As part of your Premium level service, Steel Market Update (SMU) analyzes the service center shipment and inventory data and provides a short term forecast for carbon flat rolled steel shipments, inventories and how they will impact pricing over the next four months. This is done through a proprietary model and the results provided are called the Service Center Apparent Excess/Deficit forecast.
The Metal Service Center Institute (MSCI) released flat rolled shipment and inventories data earlier this week. Steel Market Update then takes that data and compares it against our forecast to see if shipments and inventories fell within the ranges we had suggested to our Premium level members one month ago.
