Data Analysis

Change in Commerical Printing Segments 1997-2008

Published: July 19, 2010

Dr. Joe discusses how commercial printing segments have changed their share of industry shipments from 1997 through 2008, and why digital printing's share might be even larger than the data indicate. Full Analysis

May U.S. Commercial Printing Shipments Up +3.6%

Published: July 6, 2010

May's shipments were up compared to 2009, and April's were revised significantly upward. This is the first time since early 2008 that the industry produced two consecutive months with shipment increases. For complete details see this month's printing shipments report. Full Analysis

Dr. Joe reviews the latest economic data

Published: June 21, 2010

Dr. Joe reviews the latest economic data and explains where we're headed for the third and fourth quarters and why. Full Analysis

April 2010 commercial printing shipments

Published: June 7, 2010

April 2010 commercial printing shipments were $7.05 billion, down -1.9% compared to 2009. Adjusting for inflation, shipments were down -4.1%. For the first four months of 2010, shipments were down -4.7% on a current dollar basis. Full Analysis

Commerce Department Revises Printing Shipments Data

Published: May 17, 2010

The Department of Commerce revised almost 10 years of printing industry shipments data last week. The WhatTheyThink economic data elves dug into the data and explain what those revisions mean, what years were revised up, and which ones were revised down. Full Analysis

Year/Year Changes in Real GDP vs. Real Proprietors Income

Published: May 3, 2010

The first quarter GDP showed that the economy is growing, but that was compared to the fourth quarter. How is GDP changing on a year-to-year comparison? The GDP data are about the whole economy, but how is small business doing? Dr. Joe explains how a rarely reported part of the quarterly GDP data helps us judge the health of small businesses. Full Analysis

Inflation-adjusted and Annualized Publishing and Advertising Revenues

Published: April 19, 2010

The trends in industry revenues of advertising and publishing sectors each tell an interesting story. They get more interesting once iPhones, Kindles, and iPads are added to the mix. Dr. Joe explains it all, but may have more questions than answers, which might spell opportunities for print businesses. Full Analysis

ISM Manufacturing Index Shows Eight Months of Growth

Published: April 5, 2010

The ISM Manufacturing Index is one of the most watched economic indicators. It's up for 8 consecutive months, and the latest release was one of the strongest of this decade. Dr. Joe gives some background and explains what this latest reading means. Full Analysis

As The Industry Churns

Published: March 15, 2010

The Census Bureau publishes printing industry births and deaths data, but the data take years to be published. The latest data are from 2006, but Dr. Joe estimates what's happened since,especially 2008 and 2009. Full Analysis

Broadband hours and the statistical relationship with printing volumes

Published: February 15, 2010

Broadband use by adults has been increasing and the number of households with broadband service has almost doubled since 2005. What's the relationship with commercial printing volume? Last year, there were about 48 billion hours of broadband use by households, and every additional hour of use decreases commercial print volume by about $2. Full Analysis

Year/Year US Gross Domestic Product

Published: February 1, 2010

Why was Q4-09 GDP +5.7% met with a stock market decline and more handwringing about the economy? Dr. Joe looks at the yearly change in GDP, and explains it all. Full Analysis

Newspaper Industry Woes Not Being Cured By Online Revenues

Published: January 25, 2010

Newspapers were supposed to survive the new media age because of their highly educated, high income audience, and then when that didn't work, their superior content would make news websites into Internet advertising magnets. Now, even online advertising is shrinking for newspapers. What's next? Full Analysis

Commerical Printing and Services Shipments 2003-2015

Published: December 14, 2009

Data Analysis

Change in Commerical Printing Segments 1997-2008

May U.S. Commercial Printing Shipments Up +3.6%

Dr. Joe reviews the latest economic data

April 2010 commercial printing shipments

Commerce Department Revises Printing Shipments Data

Year/Year Changes in Real GDP vs. Real Proprietors Income

Inflation-adjusted and Annualized Publishing and Advertising Revenues

ISM Manufacturing Index Shows Eight Months of Growth

As The Industry Churns

Broadband hours and the statistical relationship with printing volumes

Year/Year US Gross Domestic Product

Newspaper Industry Woes Not Being Cured By Online Revenues

Commerical Printing and Services Shipments 2003-2015

Number of US Commercial Printing and Print Services Establishments 2003-2015

Change In Number Of Employees For Commerical Printing & Services

Canada's Printing Industry as a Percentage of GDP

September 2009 Commercial Printing Shipments

Use of Social Media Services by Commercial Printers by employee size

Use of Social Media Services by U.S. Commercial Printers

Federal Reserve NAICS 323 Capacity Utilization Data

Newspaper Industry Woes Not Being Cured by Online Revenues

Percentage of Printers That Promote Themselves as Marketing Services, Communications Graphics or Media Management Businesses

Effects of a 2-percentage point difference in mailing list decay rates

Price Changes in Paper, Commerical Printing, Computers, Cellular, ISPs

Public Relations Employees as a Percentage of Total Advertising Agency Employment

E-Commerce as a Percentage of US Total Retail Sales and Inflation-adjusted US Commercial Printing Shipments

Capital Expenditures as a Percentage of Shipments by Printing Industry Segment

Capital Expenditures by Printing Industry Segment

Shipments of Secondary Products & Misc. Receipts by Printing Industry

Change in Number of U.S. Commercial Printing Employees Per Establishment

Change in Number of U.S. Commercial Printing Employees

Change in Number of U.S. Commercial Printing Establishments

US Commercial Printing Annual Payroll Per Employee

Commerical Printing Shipments, 2002 vs. 2007

Net new businesses, 12-month moving average

Change in Newspaper Advertising Revenue

Current Dollar/Year Change in Corporate Cash Flow

AIGA Designer Confidence Index

Change in Real GDP, CPI-adjusted Print Shipments & Paper Shipments

Rate of Change in Employment in Content Creation Segments

Change in Total Employment, March vs. April 1990-2009, US Commercial Printing

Thousands of Net New Businesses Per Month

Change in Real US GDP on a Year/Year Basis

Percentage of Printers Increasing Participation in Local Business Events, Trade Shows

Percentage of Printers Using Direct Mail Promotional Campaigns to Promote Business

Investment Intentions of Commercial Printers with 10-49 Employees

Printers Intending to Invest in Web-to-Print

Percentage of US Commercial Printers Renegotiating Leases, Loans and other Financing

Jobless Claims as a Percentage of the Civilian Workforce

Change in US Commerical Printing Employment 2002,2005,2008