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Washington, DC, September 13, 2022--The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1% in August on a seasonally adjusted basis after being unchanged in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Washington, DC, September 13, 2022-The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index rose 1.9 points in August to 91.8, marking the eighth consecutive month below the 48-year average of 98 but reversing some of the declines in the first half of the year.
Mackinac Island, MI, September 12, 2022-The NFA fall meeting is underway now, concluding the evening of September 14.
Laguna Niguel, CA, September 13, 2022-Inside Edge Commercial Interior Surfaces has joined Fuse.
Hamilton, NJ, September 13, 2022-The Dodge Momentum Index (DMI) ticked down by 1.2% in August to 171.9 from the revised July figure of 174.0.
Livonia, MI, September 13, 2022-Dana Kropke has been appointed as the new vice president of commercial and national account sales for Virginia Tile Company (VTC).
Dalton, GA, September 13, 2022-The Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF) recently welcomed Curt Hutchins, president of residential carpet at Mohawk Industries, to its board of directors.
Laguna Niguel, CA, September 12, 2022—Fuse Alliance, a member-owned organization of professional commercial flooring contractors, has added Continental Flooring Company, Network Flooring & Maintenance and its subsidiary Pargoe Floor Prep and Leveling Solutions, to its network.
Washington, DC, September 12, 2022-There has been a shift in homebuilding activity over the past 30 months, with notable slowing in large, metro urban areas as a result of initial Covid migration effects followed by declines in housing affordability in high-cost and highly regulated markets as interest rates increased, according to findings from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Home Building Geography Index (HBGI) show.
New York, NY, September 9, 2022-American Securities and Arsenal Capital Partners announced that an affiliate of American Securities has acquired Meridian Adhesives Group, in partnership with the management team and funds affiliated with Arsenal.