Reference:INDUSTRY FORECASTS
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INDUSTRY FORECASTS
Where is an industry going? What are the trends and forces acting upon a market and/or industry? The following works give short and long term forecasts for major and mid-sized industries
Mergent Online (Click on "Industry Reports" tab)
"Annual Report on American Industry." Forbes (first January issue).
This annual special issue of Forbes analyzes 20 major industries and ranks leading companies by profitability and growth.
HF 5001 F6
Industrial Forecast, 1998-2000. Liburn, GA; Upper Saddle River, NJ: Fairmont Press; Distributed by Prentice Hall PTR, 1997.
HC106.82 .I53 1997 Ref
"Industry Outlook - 24 Key Industries." Business Week (mid-January). Annual special issue of Business Week give one page profiles of 24 key industries with forecast for the coming year. HF 5001 B89
Technology Forecast. Menlo Park, CA: Price Waterhouse, 1997. HC79.I55 T432 1998 Ref
U.S. Market Trends & Forecasts. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. HF5415.1 .U8 1st ed. 1999 Ref
Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys. New York: Standard and Poor's Corp, quarterly. 3rd Floor Stacks A basic analysis of about 20 industries, with financial comparisons of leading firms. Good for historical research. HG 4963 P6 Main Book Collection
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage (S&P online database)
San Diego County Library (SDCL) has information from the book Encyclopedia of American Industries in their database Business and Company Resource Center
Also see STAT-USA database and Euromonitor's Global Market Information Database (GMID)
See also Economic Forecasts
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