Both Cap-Ex Markers In NRA Performance Index Fell Into Contraction In August, Overall RPI Moved Up One Point

Both capital spending indicators in the National Restaurant Assn.’s Restaurant Performance Index were in contraction territory in the August survey for the first time since April, even as the overall RPI rose a full point. But the RPI remains in contraction at 98.6, despite improvement in seven of its eight components, including current and future…