The Week 32 Quikrete Industry Dashboard shows gas prices are down ($3.45) from last month ($3.51) and much lower than last year's nationwide average of $3.82 in mid August 2023, per AAA.
Also on the Quikrete Industry Dashboard, July's unemployment rate creeped up to 4.3 percent from last month's figure of 4.1 percent. Last year at this time, unemployment was at 3.5 percent.
In stock news, Sherwin-Williams (+27.4 percent), Masco (+25.5 percent) and Tractor Supply (+18.6 percent) have all showed large annual gains so far in 2024. Stanley Black & Decker, Weyerhaeuser and Builders FirstSource, meanwhile, experienced sizable jumps from last month.