The Economic Outlook Group offers clients two major services. The first is our highly popular Business Intelligence Seminars, where corporate leaders are taught how to use economic indicators to improve their decision-making process. The goal is to help executives in the service and manufacturing industries better anticipate changes in the economy so they can deploy their labor, capital and other resources more efficiently. By better understanding economic indicators, business leaders can make more educated decisions on hiring employees, inventory purchases, advertising, asset allocation strategies, capital investments, money management, and finding new markets.

Our second major department is Economic Forecasting. This is an advisory service where clients are given regular updates on the direction of the U.S. and international economy. These presentations are done on a real-time basis to reflect changes in the economic and geopolitical environments.

Our goal is to alert clients of upcoming trends in the global economy, including geopolitical risks, that can alter the business and financial climate. By better anticipating these market-moving events, our clients can adroitly adjust their business and investment strategies well in advance. What makes our service unique is that The Economic Outlook Group is not engaged in buying or selling securities. We're not a brokerage firm. We are strictly an independent, apolitical advisory service with a history of providing accurate forecasts of the U.S. and international economy. (See a sample of our Economic Talking Points)

This success stems from our experience in tracking global economic and political events in real time, and then correctly evaluating their implications for consumers, industry and government policy. We present our analysis and forecasts before conferences and board rooms around the world, during which we address the following themes: :

• How will the latest geopolitical shocks change the global economy?
• What is the outlook for the economy, jobs, inflation, interest rates, and oil prices?
• Will consumer spending and business investments accelerate or fade?
• How will sectors like housing, travel, manufacturing, retailing, energy and exports perform?
• Where does the US economy currently stand in the business cycle?
• What are the prospects for the dollar, euro, yen and other currencies?
• Which countries will be the leaders and laggards in the global economy?
• What are the greatest economic and geopolitical risks we now face?

For more information about our global economic assessments or our Business Intelligence Seminars, please call us or E-mail: sharon_lazard@EconomicOutlookGroup.com