...topped $1.3 trillion in 1998, according to a study for the Direct Marketing Association by the research firm The WEFA Group in Eddystone, Pa. Direct marketers, however, have been criticized for sharing private consumer information to build...
...There would have to be some substantial movement downward from here," said Daniel Bachman an economist with the WEFA Group in Eddystone, Pa. "I don't think the market has fallen enough to constitute an emergency." Competing domestic...
...this point should mean it won't really derail the economy's performance," said economist Priscilla Trumbull of the WEFA Group in Eddystone, Pa. She expects a 1998 production gain between 3.5 and 4 percent. The stock market got a respite from...
...problem for localities as advances in telecommunications have made long-distance commerce routine. A study by the WEFA Group, a consulting firm, projects that Internet sales will soar from nearly $2 billion this year to more than $31 billion...
...not tightening at the next meeting and I think there's a good chance of that," said economist Sandra Shaber of the WEFA Group in Eddystone, Pa. In March, the Federal Reserve engineered a quarter-point interest rate increase aimed at slowing...
...to open the long distance market in a parallel manner." Company officials claim the move would promote economic development and create jobs, citing a study the utility commissioned from The WEFA Group, an econometric forecasting company.
...in slightly less demand for workers, easing pressure on wages. Economist Andrew Hodge, senior vice president of the WEFA Group, said less growth reduces the risk of inflation. "This will be a pause that refreshes, and only one that can be called...
...international markets, manufacturing just has an awful lot of momentum," said economist Priscilla Trumbull of the WEFA Group in Eddystone, Pa. "It's going to take three to six months before there's a significant slowdown and even then...
...It seems like the consumer is the driving force behind a lot of this," said economist Priscilla Trumbull of The WEFA Group of Eddystone, Pa. "Three months ago, people were wringing their hands about consumers' debt load, but it doesn't...
...salaries of private-sector jobs. "People spend that money; they don't save it," said economist Sandra Shaber of the WEFA Group in Eddystone, Pa. "More jobs and more paychecks certainly equal growth in spending in the months ahead." That kind...
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