Consulting
Expert Economic Guidance for Confident Decision-Making
ITR Economics’ consulting services provide data-driven insights and personalized economic guidance to help businesses navigate market changes, optimize strategic planning, and make well-timed decisions with confidence.
Backed by six decades of forecasting accuracy, our economists serve as your strategic guides — helping you benchmark performance, mitigate risks, uncover growth opportunities, and execute with precision through every phase of the business cycle.
Strategic Economic Guidance Tailored to Your Organization
Our consulting solutions equip leadership teams with clear, data-driven insight into the economic forces shaping their future. Whether you need a focused market outlook or a comprehensive forecasting framework for long-range planning, our economists provide the clarity you need to make confident decisions. By pairing your company’s data with our proven forecasting methodology, we help you understand upcoming demand shifts, identify structural risks and opportunities, and time your strategies for maximum impact.
We support organizations across the full spectrum — from clients who simply need a precise forecast delivered to their team, to those who rely on our economists as ongoing strategic partners throughout the economic cycle.
What Every Program Includes
A clear roadmap supported by accurate economic analysis and forecasting
Data-backed guidance from our business economists
Quick and easy online portal access to your program, where you can view your report, business cycle position, company forecasts, leading indicators, outlook narrative, forecast history, and any additional insights tied to your selected offering
Select the Insights Most Valuable to Your Business
We can custom build your program so that you receive the right insights and level of support required for your strategic planning horizon.
Multi-year company forecasts
Timing analysis for key macro and micro leading indicators
Actionable management recommendations aligned to your profitability goals
Scheduled consultations with our economists to review forecasts and upcoming economic conditions
Access to broader market intelligence and sector-specific forecasting
Integration of industry forecasts directly into your company report
Three-year Total Market Mix projections
Take the Guesswork Out of Your Decision-Making
Clients rely on our analysis to make informed, future-focused decisions across their organization:
Identify positive and negative risks to your business
Understand demand trends before they materialize
Focus marketing efforts where the highest returns are expected
Direct sales initiatives toward markets with the strongest potential
Anticipate competitive shifts and emerging opportunities
Establish realistic sales expectations based on normal business conditions
Benchmark performance and market position
Prepare proactively for hiring needs, inventory adjustments, and capital decisions
“ITR is the main information source used to guide our short- and long-term planning.
The updated monthly reviews of key business and segment indicators wrapped in market relevance keep our plans current as the year unfolds.”
Financial Resilience
In this 15-year forecast service, our team of experts will forecast your business specifically and provide you with a custom roadmap of your expected performance. We will analyze your business’s past performance, including during previous recessions and other extreme economic scenarios, such as the 2008 Great Recession. This will help give us a strong sense of your business’s susceptibility to economic crises.
Meet With Us
Onsite Visits
Bringing an ITR economist into your board, executive, or strategic planning meeting offers a sharp competitive edge. Your team will gain clear insight into industry trends and a reliable three-year outlook—grounded in unbiased, third-party analysis that cuts through emotional decision-making.
Learn moreEconChats
Need help applying our insights or digging deeper into a forecast? Understanding the “why” behind a trend can be vital to your strategy, and our team of business economists is here to support you. Schedule an EconChat and plan with confidence.
Learn moreCustomized Webinars
Struggling to find industry insights that are accurate and relevant? Our Customized Webinars deliver tailored economic guidance for your business, helping you navigate market shifts with clarity. Every attendee walks away with a competitive edge.
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