Ed Sullivan
PCA economist offers forecast for 2025
The Portland Cement Association’s (PCA) chief economist weighs in on recent Federal Reserve activity and how interest rate cuts should impact construction. Keep Reading
PCA chief economist provides 2024 outlook
Ed Sullivan, chief economist and vice president of market intelligence, shared his 2024 economic outlook at World of Concrete 2024 in Las Vegas. Keep Reading
Cement consumption outlook positive for 2021, 2022
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) released a cement consumption and construction activity outlook, forecasting an increase for the next year and a half. Keep Reading
PCA: Moderate cement consumption on the horizon
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) expects cement consumption to grow by 2.4 percent in 2019, 1.7 percent in 2020 and 1.4 percent in 2021. Keep Reading
Modest growth forecasted for cement in 2018, 2019
The Portland Cement Association anticipates impacts from an infrastructure stimulus to likely hit in 2019, 2020. Keep Reading
PCA predicts three drivers of 2018 construction demand
Economic momentum supported by tax reform and federal infrastructure programs are key to the demand of concrete construction, says the Portland Cement Association's (PCA) chief economist. Keep Reading
PCA projects cement consumption growth through 2018
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) expects U.S. cement consumption to grow 3.5 percent during the remainder of 2017 and 2018. Keep Reading
PCA economist says cement consumption growth is coming
An unusually wet spring and early summer dampened cement consumption for the first quarter of 2013, according to the Portland Cement Association (PCA), but its chief economist is still optimistic for strong growth in the construction sector in 2014 and… Keep Reading
