THE STANDARD PIPE MARKET

摘要

Poor economic performance in theU.S. in the first quarter was blamed largely onweather and port strikes. However,according to the American Institute ofArchitects, the April Architectural Billing Index(ABI), which had been expected to rebound,came in at 48.8 representing the steepestretrenchment so far in 2015 – and theweather and strikes are over.