Quarterly Economic Outlook: Planning for 3rd Quarter 2016, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines industrial production trends, business-cycle phases and regional performance to guide planning. Drawing on Federal Reserve revisions, ITR leading indicators, purchasing managers’ data and industry indices, the analysis benchmarks North America, Europe and Southeast Asia while highlighting market segments. Focus areas include capital and workforce planning, market segmentation and supply‑chain resilience, and leading‑indicator monitoring to time investments, with examples such as pharmaceutical and medical devices, personal care, and food and beverages. Charts highlight phase shifts and moving averages, and the analysis indicates sectors generally show accelerating activity. The report reveals where packaging and processing leaders are prioritizing investments to strengthen resilience.
Published by ITR Economics for PMMI in April 2016. Based on secondary analysis of industrial production indexes, leading indicators, and macroeconomic series from public sources (Federal Reserve, Conference Board, ISM/PMI, Chicago Fed, S&P 500, etc.) for US and international markets, collected through Q1 2016 (including the April 1, 2016 Fed Industrial Production revision).
