Economic News, Blog Posts & Updates

Insights From Our CEO: Some Argue the National Debt is No Issue

By: Brian Beaulieu on 02/20/19 10:04

There is a definite RISC to this thinking. There are economists that maintain that the US need not worry about the growing size of our national debt. Some of those economists ...

From the President's Desk: Opportunity in a Decelerating World

By: Alan Beaulieu on 02/15/19 11:47

We have been talking a lot about how the US and global economies are shifting or have shifted into Phase C, Slowing Growth. Numerous parts of the global economy have already ...

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

By: Alex Chausovsky on 02/12/19 9:27

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, ...

Retail Sales: A Waning Consumer

By: Catherine Putney on 02/07/19 8:00

There are different pictures to paint for the retail industry in 2019, depending on the sector you’re looking at. While some outlooks are sunnier than others, the overarching ...

ITR Experts Say: State Populations Pinpoint Pain, Potential

By: Lauren Saidel-Baker on 02/06/19 15:45

In a recent post, my colleague Alex Chausovsky outlined population's impact on economic growth on the global scale. He inspired me to turn to the domestic stage for an analysis ...

Insights From Our CEO: The Silver Lining of a Slowdown

By: Brian Beaulieu on 01/30/19 14:00

There are three reasons to see a silver lining in the cyclical slowdown of 2019: Interest rates in general will likely level off/decline The cost of carrying the national debt ...

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