He news this year is much better than we have been obligated to report in the past few years. This time around, the nation's top mechanical contractors say that most markets are doing pretty well and the worst that can be said is that manufacturing is flat. Some scattered clouds still remain. The economy is uncertain, with the U.S, Commerce Department reporting in late April that first quarter gross domestic product increased 3.1% when economists had predicted 3.5%. Rumblings persist about a housing bubble, insurance remains expensive and fuel prices are a drain on any contractor running a fleet. But that's as bad as it gets. The Giants, by and large, are having good years.
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