COMMERCIAL PRINTING - A Soft Landing

"This year we expect printing sales, not adjusted for inflation, to grow at right around 5.5 percent," notes Andrew Papparozzi, vice president and chief economist at the National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL), Paramus, NJ. "The economy will grow by 5.2 percent, which will be the strongest rate of growth in 16 years, and a continuation of what has been the strongest five-year performance since the mid-1960s.