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In the latest quarterly printing industry business conditions reports, the majority of print providers and print buyers are optimistic that 2010 will see business conditions reboundalthough sketchy capital investment plans suggest some lingering doubts about recovery. Each Quarterly Business Conditions report provides a combination of original industry researchvia Economics and Research Center (ERC)and analysis of government data to take the pulse of the economy in general, and the printing industry in particular, every three months
Table of Contents :
Economic Forecast in a Nutshell
Introduction
How This Report Is Organized
For More Information
Section 1: Prevailing Q4 Business Conditions
Current Business Conditions
December 2009 Survey Results
September 2009 Survey Results
Expected Business Conditions
December 2009 Survey Results
September 2009 Survey Results
Business Conditions Index
Creative Conditions
Current Business Conditions
Expected Business Conditions
Prevailing Economic Conditions
GDP
Proprietors Income
Corporate Cash Flow
Personal Income
Employment and Unemployment
Initial and Continued Jobless Claims
Consumer Confidence
Consumer Price Index
Leading Indicators
Employment Cost Index
Graphic Communications Industry Economic Trends
Graphic Designers
Graphic Arts Employment
Printing Industry Capacity Utilization
Printing Industry Shipments and Profits
The Bottom Lines
Forecast
Section 2: Capital Investment Equipment and People
Capital Investment
Overall Capital Investment Plans
Specific Investment Categories
Level of Budgetary Commitment
Hiring Plans
General Hiring Plans
Needed Skills
Creative Investments
Social Media Revisited
Section 3: Conclusions and Recommendations
Forecasters Forecasting
What We Think Are Hot Items
What We Think Are Warm Items
What We Think Are Cold Items
Other Forecasts
The Printing Industry in Transition
Permanence
Portability
Return on Investment (ROI)
Intent
Cross Media
Reference Point
Media Selection
Personalization
Direct Response
Weve Been
Were Becoming
Push and Pull
Oh, All Right
Dr. Joes Economic Indicators
Dark Clouds and Silver Linings
Looking Forward
Appendix: For Further Reading
About the Analysts
Table of Figures
Figure 1: In terms of your revenues at this location, how has 2009 compared to 2008? All print providers, December 2009
Figure 2: In terms of your revenues at this location, how has 2009 compared to 2008? All print providers, September 2009
Figure 3: Do you expect 2010 revenues compared to 2009 to providers, December 2009
Figure 4: Do you expect 2010 revenues compared to 2009 to providers, September 2009
Figure 5: Business Conditions Index (BCI) for all printing establishments,March 2008-December 2009
Figure 6: In terms of your revenues at this location, how has 2009 compared to 2008? All creatives, December 2009
Figure 7: In terms of your revenues at this location, how has 2009 compared to 2008? All graphic design respondents, December 2009
Figure 8: In terms of your revenues at this location, how has 2009 compared to 2008? All corporate design respondents, December 2009
Figure 9: Do you expect 2010 revenues compared to 2009 to creatives, December 2009
Figure 10: Do you expect 2010 revenues compared to 2009 to graphic design respondents, December 2009
Figure 11: Do you expect 2010 revenues compared to 2009 to corporate design respondents, December 2009
Figure 12: Y/Y % change in real GDP, Q1 2000-Q3 2009
Figure 13: Gross Domestic Product, Q1 2000-Q3 2009 (billions of current dollars)
Figure 14: Proprietors income, Q1 2000-Q3 2009 (billions of current dollars).
Figure 15: Net corporate cash flow, Q1 2000-Q2 2009 (billions of current dollars)
Figure 16: Personal income, Q1 2000-Q3 2009 (billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates)
