Airbus just announced an upgrade in their 20 year demand forecast.
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The International Energy Agency lifted its demand forecast for next year and raised its projections for consumption to 2015, citing stronger US growth.
In October OPEC cut its 2011 global demand forecast for the fourth consecutive month, this time by 180, 000 barrels to 87.8 million per day.
Oil cartel OPEC on Tuesday cut its global demand forecast for 2008 for the fourth time this year, adding consumption would continue to slow in 2009.
The IEA has warned of an oil supply shock within five years and on Thursday raised its oil demand forecast for 2010 to 86.5 million barrels a day.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has slashed its global oil demand forecast for 2013 by about 20, 000 barrels a day to 89.57 million barrels a day.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries cut its global demand forecast for 2008 for the fourth time this year, saying that consumption would continue to slow in 2009.
Investor sentiment has been less enthusiastic, with net liquidation in ETF palladium holdings for the year to date, Johnson Matthey said, playing a big role in 2011 net investment demand forecast to be negative by 215, 000 ounces.
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Meanwhile, even with economic and population growth, transportation energy demand is forecast to stay flat.
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Gross palladium demand is forecast to soften by 9% in 2011 to 8.89 million ounces, Johnson Matthey reported.
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Demand is forecast to increase by around two-thirds over the next five years.
Chinese demand is forecast to keep climbing, to 6.7 million barrels a day this year, up 8% from the beginning of 2004.
But, looking ahead to next winter, when demand is forecast to be 3.5 million bpd higher than in 2004, many foresee a looming supply shortfall.
As for North America, the company is growing more upbeat on the U.S. Its demand growth forecast is 2-3%, with hopes it could be even better.
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Forecast demand, then make sure the right people are in the right place at the right time, following tightly scripted programs.
The Indian middle class, which provides the majority of air travel demand, is forecast to grow by 200 million over the next 8 years.
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It estimates that lots more investment will be needed, because capacity will have to rise by nearly 90% to meet forecast demand by 2035.
Undaunted by having to absorb so many new properties, Cisco kept racking up 40% annual sales growth and relying on an omniscient ability to track orders and forecast demand.
The overall demand for PCs is forecast to sink 12.5% in 2009, compared with last year, but laptop demand will stay stronger than that for desktops, Merrill Lynch analyst Dan Heyler wrote in a Jan. 7 report.
Semiconductor analysts tend to focus an awful lot of attention on demand when building a forecast.
Industrial demand for palladium is forecast to rise by 7% to reach pre-recession levels of 2.65 million ounces, a six-year high, Johnson Matthey said.
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) reduced its forecast for demand growth, but still expects the world to consume 1.2 million more barrels of oil each day next year than this year.
Peter Marcus, a steel-industry veteran and managing partner of World Steel Dynamics in New York, says that by 2010 China will have capacity for steel products some 63m tonnes ahead of forecast domestic demand.
Airlines are exempt from emissions laws now and pay no fuel tax, and whereas demand for cars and electricity is predicted to grow only slowly, demand for flying is forecast to rise hugely over the coming decades.
The continuing problems in Europe also saw the International Energy Agency cut its forecast for oil demand.
"Frankly, while Pokemon Trading Card Game cards are still selling well, we were too aggressive in our forecast following incredible demand in 1999 and 2000, " Alan G.
According to the 2012 American Express Business Travel Forecast, the demand in these countries is also leading to higher prices and fuelling new competition among travel suppliers.
Ali Rodriguez, the oil cartel's secretary-general, said on Monday there was "almost a conviction" among its members to cut production ahead of a forecast drop in demand in the second quarter of the year.
The smelter, to be built by Norwegian multinational Norsk Hydro and a consortium of Icelandic banks, is expected to give a good return to its investors if forecast increasing global demand for aluminium exports materializes.
For 2012, ISI likewise cut its forecast to 6% growth, down from 10%, with consumer sector demand of 8%, down from a previously forecast 12%, and commercial growth of 4%, down from a previously expected 7%.
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