Student loans will keep a lid on how high housing prices will recover once the economy does settle down.
It is amazing to think that currently $1 trillion in student loans still need to be paid and the amount of student debt is only growing. Th…
Student loans will keep a lid on how high housing prices will recover once the economy does settle down.
It is amazing to think that currently $1 trillion in student loans still need to be paid and the amount of student debt is only growing. Th…
July 28, 2011
A Recovery That Repeats Its Painful Precedents
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
WASHINGTON
Earlier this year, as the economy began to sputter, Ben S. Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, was asked about the historical evidence that recov…
June 10, 2011 Analysis from Chris Kimble
Today’s contribution from Chris Kimble features some interesting analysis of Copper and JPMorgan’s High Yield Fund (OGHBX) together with a repeat of the long-term view of the S&P 500 that he shared yester…
June 10, 2011 weekly update
The Weekly Leading Index (WLI) Growth indicator of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) declined to 4.1 from last week’s 4.9. This is the seventh consecutive week of decline from the 11-month interim high of 7…
June 3, 2011 weekly update
The Weekly Leading Index (WLI) Growth indicator of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) declined to 4.9 from last week’s 5.0. This is the sixth consecutive week of decline from the 11-month interim high of 7.8 …
The anger that fueled the Arab Spring is now boiling over in Europe. Could club-wielding protesters be in America’s future, or is the U.S. too incurably optimistic for large-scale political revolt?
Through wars and recessions, America has remaine…
May 27, 2011 weekly update
The Weekly Leading Index (WLI) of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) declined to 5.0 from last week’s 5.3. This is the fifth consecutive week of decline from the 11-month interim high of 7.8 for the week endi…
May 23, 2011 Monthly Update
Here’s the lead from today’s The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) release for April.
The index’s three-month moving average, CFNAI-MA3, declined to -0.12 in April from +0.08 in March, turning negative …
May 23, 2011 Monthly Update
Here’s the lead from today’s The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) release for April.
The index’s three-month moving average, CFNAI-MA3, declined to -0.12 in April from +0.08 in March, turning negative …
May 20, 2011 weekly update
The Weekly Leading Index (WLI) of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) declined to 5.3 from last week’s 6.4. This is the fourth consecutive week of decline from the 11-month interim high of 7.8 for the week endi…