Furniture Industry News: "If we forget the difficulty in comparisons, it appears that business overall has slowed for most all producers and distributors."
Furniture Industry News: "To us, it seems difficult for the overall economy to really know what the expectations should be: Consumer confidence is up, though that report still mentions recession in spite of the employment numbers being really good; The second quarter GDP report was positive and back in a more normal range, yet the Leading Economic Indicators report predicts we are in a recession beginning the third quarter."
Furniture Industry News: "In some recent talks with industry leaders, we are hearing that there may have been some uptick recently in at least some areas."