To view individual company Y2K compliance statements, click on AHAM's online member directory. Call Jill Notini for information about AHAM's County Data Program. Its easier than ever to track the appliance industry in the world economy. Check out the Statistics section for monthly major and portable household appliance import and export reports. Reports begin with October 1997.
Reports are free and no password is required to access the information.
Housing Surges to a 12-Year High Builder Magazine reports that January '99 housing starts jumped 3.8 percent over the robust numbers posted in December '98. This surge sets a pace for 1999 housing starts to reach 1.8 million. Much of the jump is attributed to an increase in multifamily permits. If the pace continues, single-family housing starts could reach nearly 1.39 million units, substantially above 1.27 million starts in 1998. Sales of existing homes jumped 13.5 percent to 4.79 million in 1998.