NRA Performance Index Back In Expansion Territory In June; Cap-Ex Markers Mixed But Still Positive

With luck, the National Restaurant Assn.’s Restaurant Performance Index flirted with a fall into contraction for only one month. The RPI ticked back up 0.6 point in June to get back above 100 at 100.2. Any value in the RPI—main index, sub-index and component—above 100 signals expansion while a value below means contraction. The RPI…