PMMI How's Business Quarterly 1st Quarter 2017, published by PMMI - The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines macroeconomic and manufacturing trends across late 2016 into early 2017 using public economic releases and industry surveys such as the ISM, BLS, Conference Board, NAM, and SHRM. The analysis indicates shifting demand and price pressures, trade and regulatory risk, and evolving capital-spending patterns; focus areas include macro indicators and price dynamics, manufacturing output and investment, labor and productivity pressures, and trade and confidence, illustrated through charts that highlight order, inventory, and hiring patterns. The report reveals where manufacturers are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
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Published by PMMI in March 2017. Based on PMMI surveys of 111 senior manufacturing executives, industry survey indices (e.g., ISM, NAM, SHRM), and secondary analysis of government and industry data (BLS, Census, Federal Reserve, Conference Board) covering Q4 2016–Q1 2017.
