Micrometrics Press, LLC; John V. Crosby Editor and Publisher, P.O. Box 32970 Phoenix, AZ 85064 (602) 957-1445 publishes Turning Points^® and Micrometrics^® the 3rd Friday of each month (except July). Copyright 2005, all rights reserved.

Turning Points^® is a four page letter that responds to the question, 'How's the economic climate for business?' It includes a four page supplement, Micrometrics, on information about current economic conditions in each of the Federal Reserve Districts. Periodically,  Micrometrics contains information specific to the micro-sectors of the economy--industries, companies, divisions, and product lines. The subscription price was set permanently in 1977 at $96. per annum plus the GDP Implicit Price Deflator! The current updated annual subscription price is capped at $200. 

Editor and Publisher

John Crosby is a former Fortune 500 senior executive, an entrepreneur, author, and consultant. As a Fortune 500 executive, he was the divisional head of a high-tech multinational manufacturing company and was responsible for 6000 people and several hundred millions of dollars in annual revenue. Having held positions at all levels of the corporate organization, both domestically and internationally, Crosby also founded or co-founded five companies over a period of 25 years and currently serves closely-held business boards-of-directors in an advisory capacity.

Crosby holds Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, and Ph.D. degrees in Experimental Psychology with an emphasis in Human Cognition and specializes in business, industrial, and corporate matters. He has written several articles that have been published in refereed professional journals and has authored two recently published books: Managing the Big Sale, A Relational Approach to Marketing Strategies, Tactics, and Selling, and; Cycles, Trends, and Turning Points, Practical Forecasting techniques for Marketing and Sales.  He is interested in the application of psychological principles to economics, marketing, corporate governance, strategic planning, human judgment, and complex decision making. 

He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics, International Association for Research in Economic Psychology, International Association of Applied Psychologists (Economic Psychology), the American Marketing Association, the National Association of Business Economics, and the Society of Psychologists in Management.

You can reach him directly at jcrosby@turningpointsonline.com