Economic News, Blog Posts & Updates

Challenges and Changes Through 2020 - Part 1

By: Brian Beaulieu on 05/09/19 11:41

Profiting through the ups and downs of the business cycle takes persistence and foresight. The Challenges and Changes June 2019 webinar hosted by Alan and me (Brian) will ...

Economic Landscape for US Central States

By: Lauren Saidel-Baker on 05/08/19 8:00

The US economy is the largest in the world on a GDP basis, accounting for nearly one quarter of global economic output. Inflation-adjusted US GDP currently stands at $18.9 ...

US Housing and Nonresidential Construction: A Tale of Two Sectors

By: Taylor St. Germain on 04/09/19 12:29

If you are keeping up to date with ITR Economics and the ITR Trends Report™, you see that the housing and nonresidential segments of US construction are at very different ...

Our Economic Neighbors: Canada and Mexico

By: Catherine Putney on 03/11/19 15:06

North America is quite the economic powerhouse. It holds 6.5% of the world’s population while realizing 28.0% percent of its Gross Domestic Profit (GDP). In terms of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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