Quikrete Industry Dashboard

The latest version of the Quikrete Industry Dashboard contains an update of the long overdue Monthly Retail Sales chart. The partial government shutdown had delayed the release. The numbers are positive for NAICS 444, and its hardware store subset (44413). Both show increases in November, the latest month for which information is available for both classifications. Unfortunately, the industry must wait until Feb. 26 for the update on residential construction information.

Elsewhere on the dashboard, gas prices held steady at around $2.28 per gallon of regular, while consumer confidence is slightly down from the prior month and prior year?