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Colonial Pipeline Shutdown Exacerbates Rising Fuel Cost Trend
By Connor Lokar on May 19, 2021

Global and US supply chains cannot catch a break in 2021. Following in the footsteps of February's southern-US deep freeze, the Suez Canal Blockage, and ongoing US West Coast port...

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The US Consumer: Positioned for Strength
By Taylor St. Germain on May 13, 2021

Would you believe me if I told you that the US consumer is in a better financial position today than when we entered the pandemic?

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The Census Results – What Do They Mean for Your Business?
By Lauren Saidel-Baker on May 11, 2021

The results of the 2020 Census made headlines by prompting the reapportionment of seven net seats in the US House of Representatives. This will not immediately shift the political balance...

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Your Data Tells a Story – Do You Know It?
By ITR Economics Representative on April 21, 2021

Many readers of our blog know of our work as a result of having seen one of our acclaimed economic presentations. Others follow our analysis and commentary via subscriptions to the Trends...

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The Coming Headline Hysteria
By Connor Lokar on April 15, 2021

In our recent joint webinar, ITR President Alan Beaulieu and I commented on how "slaying headlines" is one of our favorite sources for blog topics. Typically, we react to a headline that...

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Don’t Mistake an Event for a Trend
By Lauren Saidel-Baker on April 14, 2021

There is a human tendency to conflate individual events with overall trends. While news and market observations are a critical component of our analysis and forecasting here at ITR...

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