What's ahead for US Manufacturing- The Future Is Your Decision

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The economy is shifting and the road signs are getting ominous for 2009.  Find out what are the leading indicator trends to watch and how you can prepare for the future, so that it will be what you want it to be!

• US Industrial Production vs GDP
• Economic Outlook of US and impact of other world market
• Good and Services as a % of GDP
• Winning and Negative Demographics
• US Worker Productivity
• Vertical Market Trends in Employment (Mining, Logging, Nonresidential Building, Paper Products, Transportation & Warehousing, Healthcare, Plastics, Fabricated Metal Products, Raw Steel, Rotary Rig, Chemicals, Healthcare, Housing Starts, Aircraft, Food, Construction etc…)
• Four Phases of a Company Life Cycle (Growth, Prosperity, Warning, Recession) and Objectives for Each Phase
• Crude Oil Issues
• Mortgage Rate/Federal Fund Issues
• Industrial Production to Corporate Bond Prices
• Industrial Purchasing Index

Presenting: Brian Beaulieu is a senior analyst, economist and a principal has been with the Institute for Trend Research (ITR. Mr. Beaulieu has been consulting and advising companies throughout the US, Europe, and Asia on how to plan for and prosper through the business cycles.