Economic Trends

Economics " Demographics " Socio-Econ Trends

Economics...economy...econometrics...economic output...all are familiar enough terms used in our conversations. We usually think of / speak of "our economy" as shorthand for the more technical... sum total of goods and services produced in the USA, the value of all domestic output, and certain definable / measurable things going on related to current or historic economic activity.

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News & Updates

September 14, 2009 Government's Trial and Error Helped Stem Financial Panic

Source:Wall Street Journal

It was only a year ago that the world economy was enveloped in a financial panic of such dimensions that, if one believes Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, it threatened to produce a calamity as bad as the Great Depression....

September 9, 2009 Economic, financial crises far from over, warns latest UN trade report

Source:UN News Centre

8 September 2009 – The global recession is unprecedented in its depth and breadth, and has left no country unscathed, according a new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) launched today,...

July 29, 2009 S, China Pledge to Sustain Stimulus, Rebalance World Growth

Source:Bloomberg

U.S. and Chinese economic leaders pledged to keep up stimulus efforts and to rein in trade and investment imbalances that contributed to the global crisis.

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Research & Insights

November 24, 2008 New Symantec Report Reveals Booming Underground Economy

Source:MarketWatch

Symantec Corp. (SYMC:Symantec Corp News, chart, profile, more Last: 10.95+0.90+8.96% 4:00pm 11/21/2008 Delayed quote dataAdd to portfolio Analyst Create alertInsider Discuss Financials Sponsored by: SYMC 10.95,...

November 20, 2008 Leading economic indicators fall in October

Source:CNN Money

An indicator of the economy's future performance dropped in October, reversing a September gain, according to The Conference Board. The index of leading economic indicators, released by the business research group Thursday,...

November 20, 2008 Survey: Executive bonuses might shrink with economy

Source:The Business Journal

Annual bonuses and stock-based awards may dry up with the economy, according to a survey released Wednesday by Pearl Meyer & Partners. Nearly nine out of 10 respondents say market turmoil will affect corporate executive...

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Commentary & Opinion

September 11, 2009 Accountants Misled Us Into Crisis

Source:Floyd Norris - NYT

The accountants let us down. That is one of the clear lessons of the financial crisis that drove the world into a deep recession. We now know the major banks were hiding dubious assets off their balance sheets and stretching...

November 24, 2008 Obama's Economic Tasks

Source:Forbes

Five things his new team can do to restore market confidence. President-elect Barack Obama is scheduled to announce the core members of his economic policy team at a press conference in Chicago Monday.

November 24, 2008 What's ahead for GM?

Source:CNN Money

Nobody from Detroit got a particularly warm welcome in Washington last week, but the reception was coolest for General Motors, the largest and most vulnerable automaker.

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