Ashland Inc Relevant Economic Indicators

Construction spending	Y/Y	Seq.
Total Construction	4.29 %	0.02 %

Corporate profits	Y/Y	Seq.
Chemical products	-	-

Factory Orders	Y/Y	Seq.
Nondurable goods industries	1.84 %	0.22 %

Factory Shipments	Y/Y	Seq.
Nondurable goods industries	1.84 %	0.22 %

Factory Unfilled Orders	Y/Y	Seq.
Nondurable goods industries	-	-

Factory Inventories	Y/Y	Seq.
Nondurable goods industries	0.84 %	0.35 %

Contributions to % Change in GDP	%
Nondurable goods	0.41 %

Capacity Utilization	%
Chemical	77.40 %

Industrial Production	%
Chemical	0.00 %

PPI (Sequential)	%
Synthetic rubber	0.00 %
Plastic resins and materials	0.00 %
Basic inorganic chemicals	0.00 %
Processed fuels, Manufacturing	0.00 %
Intermediate energy goods	0.00 %
Basic organic chemicals	0.00 %
Nitrogenates	0.00 %
Plastic construction products	0.00 %

PPI (Y / Y)	%
Synthetic rubber	8.10 %
Plastic resins and materials	3.70 %
Basic inorganic chemicals	2.90 %
Processed fuels, Manufacturing	-2.30 %
Intermediate energy goods	-6.70 %
Basic organic chemicals	2.80 %
Nitrogenates	2.50 %
Plastic construction products	-1.80 %

Trade Balance by Category	Y/Y	Seq.
Industrial supplies and materials	-	-

Imports by Category	Y/Y	Seq.
Industrial supplies and materials	56.6 %	-4.64 %

Exports by Category	Y/Y	Seq.
Industrial supplies and materials	-2.49 %	5.12 %

Imports by Technology Group	Y/Y	Seq.
Flexible Manufacturing	-11.76 %	-31.87 %

Exports by Technology Group	Y/Y	Seq.
Flexible Manufacturing	23.12 %	-21.47 %

Trade Balance by Technology	Y/Y	Seq.
Flexible Manufacturing	-	-

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Segment Revenue Growth	Y / Y	Seq.
Life Sciences	-14 %	28.36 %
Life Sciences North America	-55.22 %	30.43 %
Life Sciences Europe	9.52 %	38 %
Life Sciences Asia Pacific	3.92 %	15.22 %
Life Sciences Latin America Other	5.26 %	33.33 %
Personal Care	13.18 %	8.96 %
Personal Care North America	2.5 %	2.5 %
Personal Care Europe	25.53 %	31.11 %
Personal Care Asia Pacific	20 %	-3.23 %
Personal Care Latin America Other	-5.88 %	-11.11 %
Specialty Additives	9.84 %	16.52 %
Specialty Additives North America	9.52 %	15 %
Specialty Additives Europe	20 %	41.18 %
Specialty Additives Asia Pacific	-2.94 %	-2.94 %
Specialty Additives Latin America Other	16.67 %	0 %
Intermediates	12.12 %	12.12 %
Intermediates North America	0 %	8.7 %
Intermediates Europe	50 %	20 %
Intermediates Asia Pacific	33.33 %	33.33 %
Intermediates Latin America Other	100 %	0 %
InterEliminations	-	-
Total	1.27 %	18.27 %

Avg. Hourly earnings	Y/Y	Seq.
Chemicals	-	-

Avg. Wk. hours of producti.	Y/Y	Seq.
Chemicals	-	-

Construction spending	Y/Y	Seq.
Manufacturing	4.8 %	-0.59 %

Hours Worked (Q / Q in %)	%
Nonfarm business	0.80 %

Hours Worked (Y / Y in %)	%
Nonfarm business	0.60 %

Real Hourly Compens. (Q / Q in %)	%
Nonfarm business	0.70 %

Real Hourly Compens. (Y / Y in %)	%
Nonfarm business	1.20 %

Output (Y / Y in %)	%
Nonfarm business	2.60 %

Output (Q / Q in %)	%
Nonfarm business	2.40 %

Productivity (Y / Y in %)	%
Nonfarm business	2.00 %

Productivity (Q / Q in %)	%
Nonfarm business	1.50 %

Unit Labor Costs (Q / Q in %)	%
Nonfarm business	2.20 %

Unit Labor Costs (Y / Y in %)	%
Nonfarm business	2.00 %

Imports of Petroleum Products	Y/Y	Seq.
Crude oil ($ / barrel)	2.24 %	2.27 %
Crude oil (millions $)	0.21 %	3.36 %
Crude oil (millions of barrels per day)	-1.99 %	1.05 %
Crude oil (millions of barrels)	-1.98 %	1.06 %
Total energy-related petroleum products mill. $	-3.5 %	2.45 %
Total energy-related petroleum products mill. bar.	1.27 %	3.35 %

Economic Indicators