Discover how the Cardboard Box Index serves as a predictor of consumer goods production and a leading economic indicator, providing insights into manufacturing trends.

Cardboard-box demand is slumping, flashing a potential warning about the health of the American consumer given that goods ranging from pizzas to ovens are transported in corrugated packaging. A ...

When analyzing the economy, there are marquee indicators like gross domestic product and the unemployment rate. But if you look for them, there are ways to measure the economy all over the place. Like ...

Analysts and investors will scour Friday’s retail sales report for a readout on how US households are feeling about the economy. Those watching the cardboard box industry say they already have an idea ...

Cardboard-box sales have seen the biggest contraction since the Great Recession of 2008-2009. Packaging Corp. of America just reported an almost 10% year-on-year slump in second-quarter shipments.