Book-to-bills of various components/equipment.
Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.
Semiconductor equipment 0.97 0.86 0.47 0.49 (r) 0.61 (P)
(1)
Semiconductors (2) -9.5% -22% -28.6% -30.2% (r) -29.9%
(P)
Rigid PCBs (3) (North 0.94 0.89 0.88 0.89 0.92
America)
Flexible PCBs (3) (North 1.04 1.08 0.98 1.02 0.87
America)
Computers/electronic 5.50 5.65 5.60 5.57 (r) 5.68 (P)
products (4)
Sources: (1) SEMI, (2) SIA (3-month moving average growth), (3) IPC,
(4) Census Bureau, (P) preliminary, (r) revised
Edited by Chelsey Drysdale