NRA’s Performance Index Rebounded Sharply In October; Capital Spending Measure Spiked

The monthly Restaurant Performance Index based on the National Restaurant Assn.’s monthly tracking survey rose 1.6 points in October (the survey is conducted in November), as all four of the Expectations components, including plans for capital spending, increased sharply, following three months of declines. The Expectations Index, one of two major sub-indexes to the RPI,…