Topic: Recessions And Depressions

Slightly lower growth, unemployment in 2012

The Federal Reserve has slightly reduced its outlook for U.S. economic growth this year but is a little more optimistic about the unemployment...
Inflation. Deflation. Rehypothecation. Bad rap lyrics, or the poetry of finance? You can judge for yourself when you finish this first installment ...

Don't Write Off Restocking

The subpar recovery that concluded in the third quarter of 2011 has been succeeded by the subpar expansion. . . Real GDP rose at an annual rate of...

Just Don't Lose It

When stocks recently hit a six-month high, U.S. Trust's chief investment officer, Christopher Hyzy, expected to hear from investors eager to buy...

Private-Sector Unions Add Members

Union membership grew slightly last year, giving union leaders hope that a stretch of steep declines has finally bottomed out.. . The Bureau of...

Economy Grew 2.8% In 4th Quarter

The U.S. economy grew at a modest 2.8 percent in the final three months of last year, the fastest growth in 2011.. . Americans spent more on cars...

Home Carers' Need for Affordable Stairlifts

Reported in the BBC today, “Carers 'missing out on support', says charity.” Oakland Stairlifts provide low cost mobility solutions to help home...
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global outlook on the Dairy Products Industry. Globally, the demand for dairy products is on an...

Are Companies More Powerful Than Countries?

In 2008, after Lehman Brothers fell and the financial crisis and global recession began, the conventional wisdom was that we were entering an era...
The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today that U.S. real GDP grew at an annual rate of 2.8% during the fourth quarter of 2011. That's better...