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Core Report | May 09, 2025

Domestic raw steel production increased sharply again last week, now up four out of the last five weeks. U.S. mills produced an estimated 1,725k tons at a 76.8% utilization rate; this is up from 1,706k tons and a 76.0% rate previously.

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Core Report | April 25, 2025

Increased activity from consumers continued in April, as pre-tariff buying bled over from March. April U.S. light vehicle sales came in at a 17.3 million unit rate, down slightly from March but up considerably from April 2024.

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Core Report | April 25, 2025

New home sales increased for the second consecutive month in March and was at its highest monthly rate since September. March new home sales came in at a 724,000 unit rate, up 7.4% from February and up 6.0% from the 683,000 unit rate in March 2024.

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Core Report | April 17, 2025

Shipments of HVAC equipment continued to climb on a month-over-month basis but were down from last year. February HVAC shipments totaled 1.700 million units, up 1.9% from January but were down 1.5% compared to the 1.727 million unit total in February 2024.