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industrial · sector mood
1981
year mood
-0.45
· -0.60 to -0.02 across 12 mo
Monthly mood
bearish −1
+1 bullish
month values ▾
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -0.45 | -0.21 | -0.45 | -0.40 | -0.50 | -0.50 | -0.55 | -0.55 | -0.60 | -0.60 | -0.60 | -0.02 |
Volcker's war (discount to record 14%, mortgages over 18%) crushed durable-goods and auto demand; Chrysler lost $1.7B, GM booked its first loss since 1921 and International Harvester nearly went under.
How this mood is scored ▾
Each day the model reads that day's news for the sector and asks, as someone who owns assets or
makes their living in it: how am I feeling this month, and why?
The month's mood is that running answer, tied to the specific events driving it (the story shown
above). It leans on trusted, higher-impact reporting, and on the prior month when a month is
quiet, so one loud headline can't swing it. The read updates daily through
the month; once a month ends, its mood is locked.
This year is read live from the news the pipeline actually collected (hover a bar for its story count).
· last computed Jul 06, 2026
Top industrial stories of 1981
No source-linked stories on record for this sector-year. The mood read above still stands; stories appear here as the pipeline processes coverage for this period.