SMU Steel Buyers Sentiment Index: Looking at a More Optimistic Industry?

Twice per month Steel Market Update conducts an analysis of the flat rolled steel market. One of the proprietary products that comes out of this effort is the SMU Steel Buyers Sentiment Index. Our index measures how steel buyers and those that sell flat rolled steels feel about their company’s ability to be successful both in the existing (Current Sentiment) market environment as well as three to six months into the future (Future Sentiment).

We have found over the years that the SMU Steel Buyers Sentiment Index is a leading indicator into the minds of those associated with the steel industry, thus helping us better understand the true direction of the flat rolled markets.