Why the 'New Normal' is the 'Not Normal'

摘要

What does the future hold? If I could answer that single question with any clarity, I would probably have a different career and a much larger bank account. But the truth is that no one really has that answer. Were you expecting oil prices to go up? Most forecasters have revised their predictions downward for 2016. Expect the industrial slog that we're in to turn around? Forecasters have pushed that back to the second half, as well, if not further out. As Baird's David Manthey said in our 2016 Distribution Industry Outlook Webcast last month, signs of stability remain elusive.