Economics
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3/27/13 2:53 pm EDT
Update of popular Windows-based modeling tool now available to academic researchers, corporations, government agencies and students
IHS, Inc. (NYSE:IHS), the leading global source of information and analytics, has released EViews 8, an updated, more powerful version of its popular easy-to-learn, user-friendly Windows-based interface that enables quick and efficient development of statistical and forecasting models and simulations. EViews 8 includes a 64-bit version for handling large data sets, a range of new econometrics and statistics, including (but not limited to) Markov Switching, Bai-Perron multiple breakpointmore...English -
1/21/13 2:22 pm EST
US manufacturing competitiveness improves, creates risks for others
DAVOS (21 January 2013) -The unconventional oil and gas revolution has dramatically changed the global energy landscape, and in its wake is altering the world’s competitive manufacturing and industrial panorama, according to a new report from IHS (NYSE: IHS), a leading source of global information and analytics.The report,Energy and the New Global Industrial Landscape: A Tectonic Shift,is being released for the World Economic Forum 2013 Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland where IHSmore...English -
11/13/12 1:06 pm ESTIHS (NYSE: IHS) has released its Worst Case Scenario economic outlook, which includes a potential plunge off the fiscal cliff, that, together with additional global factors, would send the U.S. economy into recession and cause the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to contract for the first time since 2009.The fiscal cliff is just one of several global events analyzed in the IHS worst-case scenario outlook for 2013, which also incorporates degradation of the Eurozone, conflictmore...English
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10/23/12 12:00 am EDT
“New energy reality” contributes to energy security while boosting jobs in a period of economic uncertainty
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The revolution in unconventional oil and gas production is fundamentally changing the United States energy outlook, generating significant job creation, economic growth and government revenues, according to a new IHS study. The entire upstream unconventional oil and gas sector will support more than 1.7 million jobs in 2012 at average wage levels dramatically higher than the general economy. The number of jobs is expected to increase tomore...English -
10/18/12 3:35 pm EDT
IHS, leading industry and policy experts will provide insights into the future for the U.S. and global economy, energy policy, defense and national security, and more
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IHS, Inc. (NYSE:IHS), the leading global source of information and analytics, on November 13-14 in Washington, D.C., will inaugurate the IHS Forum featuring IHS experts and industry and policy leaders on the economy, energy and natural resources, chemicals, aerospace and defense, automotive and construction. “Over the years, IHS has brought together an unmatched concentration of insight and expertise from a community of economists,more...English -
12/6/11 12:01 am EST
"Shale gale" will also blow in lower natural gas, electricity costs, and boost tax revenue
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The natural gas "shale gale" that has dramatically transformed the outlook for U.S. energy supplies is also having profound economic impacts -- creating jobs, reducing consumer costs of natural gas and electricity, stimulating economic growth and bolstering federal, state and local tax revenue, according to a new IHS Global Insight study. The study found that shale gas production supported more than 600,000 jobs in 2010, a number that is projected tomore...English -
10/7/11 11:12 am EDT
Economists, industry leaders and policy experts to explore “Recovery Stalled: Reinvigorating Growth While Tackling Debt"
LEXINGTON, Mass. (October 5, 2011) – Former White House Budget Director Peter R. Orszag, former Council of Economic Advisors Economist Susan M. Collins, Peterson Institute senior fellow Nicholas Lardy, and author and Council on Foreign Relations advisor Sebastian Mallaby are among the speakers headlining the IHS Fall World Economic Outlook Conference, October 25-26, in Washington. The conference, "Recovery Stalled: Reinvigorating Growth While Tackling Debt," will include presentations andmore...English -
9/8/11 12:23 pm EDT
Economists, industry leaders and policy experts to meet for semi-annual economic summit
LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global economic recovery has stalled. IHS Global Insight has downgraded its forecast for both the United States and Europe on recent data that suggests a much more fragile recovery. In addition, other risks to the recovery remain, including rising oil prices, faltering growth in emerging markets and fiscal policy and political concerns of both the U.S. and the Eurozone. These and other issues will be explored by economists, industrymore...English -
5/31/11 5:25 pm EDT
IHS Consulting Economic Strategy Solutions to Focus on Public-Private Partnerships
IHS, the leading global source of information and analysis, has launched a suite of consulting services designed to help public and private sector clients create innovative approaches to regional economic development. Leveraging the company’s broad industry and strategy expertise, IHS Consulting Economic Strategy Solutions will focus on public-private partnerships to spur economic development projects for states and municipalities. “From Africa to North and South America, countries all overmore...English -
5/16/11 9:38 am EDT
Sector forecast to return to pre-crash peak level in 2012
IHS, the leading global source of information and analysis, today announced the findings of its Second Quarter 2011 IHS Global Insight Global Construction Outlook. Total global construction spending is expected to increase three percent in 2011, and to reach the pre-crash peak level (2005 dollars), last seen in 2007, in 2012. Global residential sector spending will increase 1.2 percent over 2010 levels in 2011; non-residential structure spending is expected to grow at 4.3 percentmore...English
