Economic News, Blog Posts & Updates

Is US Manufacturing Dead?

By: Lauren Saidel-Baker on 08/15/18 13:25

Is US manufacturing dead? Not exactly. Contrary to this often-repeated pronouncement, total US manufacturing production has more than doubled since the 1970s and is now close ...

ITR Experts Say: The Economy and the Midterms

By: Connor Lokar on 08/08/18 17:10

During the Q&A portion of our presentations, I and other ITR speakers invariably find ourselves being tugged toward the political sphere. Folks sometimes seem disappointed when ...

ITR Experts Say: Benchmarking Your Performance Versus Your Markets

By: Alex Chausovsky on 07/25/18 10:54

A valuable self-assessment tool, benchmarking provides firms a barometer of their performance relative to their markets or peers. At ITR Economics, we often help businesses ...

Insights From Our CEO: 10 Reasons There is No Russian Equivalency

By: Brian Beaulieu on 07/19/18 16:03

Militarily speaking, Russia is a powerful country; some might say even on par with the US. We are economists, however, not politicians. Accordingly, we think in metrics and ...

ITR Experts Say: Freight Rates on the Rise

By: Connor Lokar on 07/18/18 13:04

Both US businesses and the consumer at large are engaged in a multiple-front battle with inflation. Prolonged acceleration at the global level (World Industrial Production has ...

Is Debt About to Push the Economy into Recession?

By: Alan Beaulieu on 07/13/18 14:44

Debt and More Debt! Corporate and consumer debt is growing. This cannot, and will not, continue with impunity in the years ahead. We are now sowing the seeds for a future ...

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