November 2011 US Commercial Printing Shipments Down -1.4% Compared to November 2010
By Dr. Joe Webb on January 15th, 2012
November 2011 printing shipments were $7.1 billion in current dollars, -$104 million (-1.4%) compared to November 2010. On an inflation-adjusted basis, shipments were down -$349 million (-4.7%). For January through November, shipments were $76.7 billion, -$181 million for the same period in 2010; on an inflation-adjusted basis, they are down -$2.6 billion.
For all of 2011, it is likely that December’s shipments will bring the year in at $84.0 billion, just short of our forecast of $85 billion. Our forecast for 2012 is $81 billion.
Tables and charts of the data can be found online.
One Response to “November 2011 US Commercial Printing Shipments Down -1.4% Compared to November 2010”
By James Clement on Jan 16, 2012 | Reply
Any sense of the lack of political materials’ impact on November sales nationwide?