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Outlook hints at tougher 2008.

Publication: Metal Center News
Publication Date: 01-JAN-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Outlook hints at tougher 2008.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)

Article Excerpt
SERVICE CENTER EXECUTIVES were clearly concerned about the economy and its effect on demand for their products when surveyed by Metal Center News in October and November--and the economic news has gotten even worse since then. Thus the decline in optimism in this year's MCN Outlook cover story might be even steeper were the survey taken today.

Since MCN's poll, the nation's unemployment rate crept up to 5 percent on weak December hiring. The price of oil topped...



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