... ’s economy: the advent of worker rights. Heywood, a professor and internationally known labor economist at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM), will be involved in a large-scale study of job ...
Many economists were predicting the economy would strengthen in the second half of the year. No more. Now more than half predict 1 percent growth or less for the rest of 2008.
... . That is, consumers don't consistently underestimate or overestimate inflation.
"It means economists need to improve their forecasting -- or at least be a little humble," Thomas said.
Inflation ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- An economist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute says that a model he developed forecasted the current economic slowdown at least one year before it became apparent to most observers. ...
... Tim Yeager, associate professor of finance in the Sam M. Walton College of Business and former economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. “Instead of purchasing mortgages directly at unknown ...
... $3.07 price was arrived at by an auction on Sept. 25 of over 12 million one-ton emission credits. Two University of Virginia economists played a major role in designing exactly how the auction worked.
... .com) -- An ailing financial industry is going to need strong medicine to pull out of a deepening credit crunch brought on by risky loans and deregulation, Purdue University economists said Monday.
... action on their part is needed to avoid serious economic consequences of the current banking crisis. Economist Thorsten Beck issues words of caution about the wave of nationalization of banks in ...
Obesity could be socially contagious, according to new research by
two of Britain's leading economists. Professor David Blanchflower,
who sits on the Bank of England's monetary policy committee, and
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... a looming recession that has already sliced crop prices in half, a University of Illinois economist says. Scott Irwin says agriculture's fortunes are now tethered more to ethanol than food, making ...
... and families purchase a home may be doing more harm than good, according to a Kansas State University economist. When vulnerable homeowners don't get support after they purchase a home -- maybe one ...
... .com, a Web site featuring research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists:
"First, if this influence is indeed as significant as our findings suggest it to be, then efforts ...
... of federal regulations and market conditions if it hopes to grow, said a Purdue University agricultural economist. "The ethanol industry is now faced with what is called a 'blending wall,'" said Wally ...
... likely to be altruistic than they might be in a more homogeneous setting but also inspiring them to scale new intellectual heights and to explore new horizons, argue two UCLA economists in a new book.
... crippling financial crisis looms unless the U.S. government thaws credit markets that are starting to freeze up amid a lingering and deepening recession, a University of Illinois economist warns.
