Industry Improving - Book To Bill Positive for 3 Back To Back Months

The United States Semiconductor Book-to-Bill ratio (3 month moving average) has spent the past three consecutive months in growth territory as reported by SEMI (Semiconductor Equiptment and Materials International) on http://www.freelunch.com/.  Growth is indicated by a Book-to-Bill ratio above one, indicating more dollars of transactions are booked in a given month as compared to dollars of transactions billed.  

The Book-to-Bill ratio indicated contraction between February of 2007 and July of 2009.  September proved to be the highest comming in at 1.17 since January of 2004.  Please note the graph below of the Book-to-Bill for the period beginning January 1995 and today with the value of one highlighted.  For more information please visit http://www.o2xygen.com/ or contact sales@o2xygen.com.