2025-2027 Economic Outlook
This in-depth report analyzes the U.S. and global economic outlook from 2025 to 2027, featuring forecasts on inflation, interest rates, labor market dynamics, and sector-specific trends. Drawing from real-time indicators and long-term data, it also highlights structural vulnerabilities that could culminate in a significant economic disruption by the end of the decade. The insights are based on ITR Economics’ presentation at PMMI’s 2025 Executive Leadership Conference in Georgia.
The 2025–2027 ITR Economic Outlook Report, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines how U.S. and global economic conditions are expected to evolve through 2027, drawing on leading indicators and multi-year trend analysis . The report highlights shifting growth patterns across industrial production, inflation, labor markets, and sector demand, noting emerging pressure points such as rising input costs, tight workforce dynamics, and gradual reconfiguration of supply chains. Visual analyses within the report illustrate how consumer activity, capital investment signals, and global trade flows tend to shape near-term momentum while hinting at longer-term structural vulnerabilities. The report reveals which economic forces may most influence investment, capacity planning, and strategic risk management over the next several years.
Why read this report?
- Explore shifts in U.S. industrial production and packaging-sector demand
- See how inflation dynamics reshape manufacturing and materials costs
- Identify trends in global trade affecting processing and packaging supply chains
- Examine workforce pressures influencing automation and machinery investment
- Track economic signals guiding capital planning across packaging markets
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Published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies in May 2025. Based on economic indicators, sector data, and analysis from ITR Economics covering conditions through 2024–2025.
