The U.S. Recession: Industry Winners and Losers,
Where to Best Position Your Business

A Global Insight Special Study

How will specific industries be affected by the U.S. economic recession? What role will B2B and consumer spending play? While all industries are influenced by prevailing economic conditions, not all will be adversely affected. Others, however, will be impacted severely. When will those industries turn around?

Global Insight's special study, The U.S. Recession: Industry Winners and Losers, Where to Best Position Your Business, quantifies the impact of the 2008 recession on the 100-most-important industries in the United States. The study ranks the industries in order of growth for 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, giving a clear indication of the winners and losers—past, present, and future. Global Insight focuses on the top-40 industries in that group, analyzing their market drivers, contrasting their performances with previous periods of recession and recovery, and highlighting their vulnerabilities and capacity for rebounding.

• Quantifying the impact of the recession on specific markets
• Comparing and ranking individual market performances
• Successfully managing risk and opportunity
• Recalibrating business portfolios
• Effectively allocating internal resources
• Monitoring key industry demand drivers
• Minimizing adverse market portfolio exposure to economic cycles
• Setting realistic sales forecasts, budgets, and contingency plans

• Study contents
• Top-40 U.S. industries
• Rankings of the top-100 industries
• Sample Industry Article
• Press Release - 15 May 2008