Hilltop Economics provides economic forecasts and analyses for clients on a subscription basis, training for businesses who use the EViews software for forecasting, and presentations on the global economy to companies and conferences.

For companies in the semiconductor and related materials industry, Hilltop Economics provides a monthly outlook of the global economy and semiconductor business for the Econometric Semiconductor Forecast (ESF) published by SEMI.org.  The forecast performance for longer horizons is far superior to alternative time series methods as well as survey methods reported by other forecasters of the Million Square Inches (MSI) of silicon wafers converted into semiconductor chips.

Hilltop Economics also provides a monthly Heat Map Report to clients that tracks more than 400 data measures from seven nations and two private organizations.  The Heat Map Report includes volume, inventory, price and value measures related to the semiconductor industry.  Data are provided in excel for easy analysis by clients. 

Contact Duncan Meldrum for more information at duncan.meldrum@hilltopeconomics.com.