Distributors Still Question Market Stability, But Factory Orders Are Sizzling in 2004

摘要

A brighter outlook for construction this year is suppressing equipment dealers' worries after nearly three-consecutive years of declining orders. The slight increase predicted for construction activity this year and anticipation that Congress will agree on a new surface transportation bill has North American dealers and manufacturers talking positive for the first time since fleet owners started putting spending on ice in the second half of 2000.