State by State, Month by Month, Day by Day
State Sales Tax Laws Continue to Change Are you prepared? BY ROMAN A. BASI Major changes in state sales tax have taken place in the last month. As the Supreme Court shocked the United States business and legal world by overturning the decades old decision of Quill Corp. v. North Dakota (1992), many business owners, corporate attorneys, […]
April 1, 2019
A Year of Decelerating Growth
2019 will see slowing growth across the board ITR Economics CEO Brian Beaulieu will be presenting at the MHEDA Convention on Monday, May 6, 2019, from 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. His presentation, “The 2020-2023 Business Cycle” will discuss the current business cycle status of the United […]
April 1, 2019
Markets Continue Their Robust Pace. Where Do We Go From Here?
BY BRIAN FEEHAN, PRESIDENT, ITA The expression “elections have consequences” will certainly be put to the test in 2019. The dust is still settling on the recent mid-term elections with some races remaining to be decided. However, we do know that 2019 will bring us a divided US Congress with (as of 11/14/2018) Republican control […]
April 1, 2019
Conveyor Industry Shipments Rise
BY ROBERT REINFRIED, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CEMA The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) reports that overall industry orders (bookings) for the first 6 months of 2018 increased 43.2% compared to the same period in 2017, with total orders of $8.85 billion. CEMA estimates industry billed sales (shipments) for the first 6 months of 2018 increased […]
April 1, 2019
MHI Predicts Slower Growth for Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing in 2019
The U.S. economy and Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing (MHEM) enjoyed solid growth in 2018, but the outlook for 2019 and 2020 is not as strong. After one of the longest U.S. expansions in history, slower growth appears likely in coming quarters. The potential for a tighter U.S. monetary policy, rising levels of U.S. debt, and […]
April 1, 2019
