Archive for the ‘Economics and Research Center’ Category

Declining Printing Shipment; WhatTheyThink Revises Forecast; The Economy

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Last week Dr. Joe Webb of the WhatTheyThink Economics and Research Center reported decreased printing shipments in January: January 2008 printing shipments were very disappointing. On a current dollar basis, they were down -$228 million, or -2.8%. On an inflation-adjusted basis, they were down -$575 million, or -6.8%. Which lead to a ...

Dr. Joe Webb Reads the Tea Leaves in Upcoming Webinar

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Join Dr. Joe for an update on his 2008 and 2009 printing industry economic outlook as well as other insights and opinions he will be offering during his popular quarterly economic outlook webinar. He will also discuss the results of WhatTheyThink.com's first reader and subscriber survey about business conditions ...

Offshoring and the Decline of Manufacturing Jobs in the US

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

This is a response to a letter written earlier this year to Plant Engineering magazine regarding the loss of manufacturing jobs and plants. The author of the letter to comments on the decline of press manufacturing in the U.S., especially at Goss. Blaming this on offshore competition is rather strange. Since ...

WhatTheyThink Economic Outlook Webinar

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Be sure to sign up for Wednesday's webinar, where we'll be sorting through the the latest news and trends with our outlook for 2008, and sometimes beyond. This time of year is usually the end of business planning cycles for companies that operate under a calendar fiscal year, and the ...

Overseas Markets Continue Downward Slide (Dr. Joe Comments)

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Yesterday we got news that stocks had the worst day since the 9/11 attacks. Today doesn't seem to be faring much better as the slide in Asia which is affecting Europe and U.S. markets continues: Asian and European stock markets headed down again Wednesday after a broad global sell-off the ...