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    Notes from John Packard - SMU President & CEO

    Written by John Packard


    The new normal for me is talking to an industry executive on the phone and listening to the kids playing in the background….

    We had a 45-point drop in both the Current and Future SMU Steel Buyers Sentiment Index this week (article is at top of tonight’s issue). This is the largest one-week change in the history of our index, which goes back to 2008 (see graphic below).

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