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ITR Experts Say: 2019 Is All About What YOU Do!

Complacency has long been the enemy of success in business. It causes the best of us to lose focus, stop listening and learning, develop a false sense of entitlement, and, ...

ITR Experts Say: Keep Your Eyes on China

By: Alex Chausovsky on 01/24/19 8:00

The Chinese industrial economy is in a negative cyclical trend. China Industrial Production, ITR’s benchmark for economic activity in the country, was 6.3% above the year-ago ...

Manufacturing in 2019: Preparing for the Slowdown

By: Alex Chausovsky on 01/10/19 8:45

The manufacturing sector prospered in 2018. Supported by favorable tailwinds associated with tax reform, business investment surged, and many manufacturing companies had their ...

ITR Experts Say: Economic Growth Is All About People

By: Alex Chausovsky on 12/27/18 15:41

During a recent interview for a podcast, I made the casual comment that "economic growth is all about people." The more people there are, the more products and services they ...

ITR Experts Say: Actionable Advice for the 2019 Economic Slowdown

By: Alex Chausovsky on 11/30/18 11:00

ITR Economics expects macroeconomic business-cycle decline in the US in 2019. That means a period of slowing economic growth is ahead, with many market sectors likely to ...

ITR Experts Say: Unfunded Pension Liabilities Are a Lurking Danger

By: Alex Chausovsky on 10/11/18 14:47

Economists frequently expound on the dangers associated with excessive debt, especially at the national level. The latest data puts U.S. public debt at 103.8% of Gross Domestic ...

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