Economy
October 6, 2020
Steel Product Shipments and Inventories Through August
Written by Peter Wright
Downstream steel product shipments are recovering from the COVID-driven panic that began in April.
The Census Bureau provides monthly data on inventories, shipments and new orders for total U.S. manufacturing and for individual industries, one of which is steel products. Every two months, Steel Market Update extracts data from the Census Bureau to provide a reality check for steel industry trade association data, which is most widely used to assess the state of the industry.
