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Business Economists Raise 2010 Growth Outlook

Leading economists who just last month declared the end of the recession, which began in December 2007, but warned of continued job struggles, said today in a new survey the economy is poised to add jobs “within the next few months.” The survey from ...

From MARK LIEBERMAN, SENIOR ECONOMIST, FOX Business,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Reserve,  Washington Mutual, Inc.,  FOX Broadcasting Company

Full Plate: Upcoming Week Stuffed With Economic Data

You, and all those who devour economic reports and data, will be by midday Wednesday when 15 different reports are issued in just three days, including an important updated look at how the economy did during the turn-around third quarter. Just about ...

From MARK LIEBERMAN, SENIOR ECONOMIST, FOX News,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Reserve,  Washington Mutual, Inc.,  FOX Broadcasting Company

Giving Thanks for Lower Food Costs

It will cost $1.70 less -- almost 4% -- for a classic Thanksgiving dinner for 10 this year than it did last. Even better, it will take you less time to earn the cost of the feast. According to the annual shopping survey by the American Farm Bureau, ...

From MARK LIEBERMAN, SENIOR ECONOMIST, FOX Business,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bureau of Labor Statistics,  Washington Mutual, Inc.,  FOX Broadcasting Company

Farmers v greens

AMERICA will not pass a cap-and-trade law in time for the global climate-change summit in Copenhagen next month. To understand why, it helps to ask a farmer. Take Bruce Wright, for example, who grows wheat and other crops on a couple of thousand acres ...

From ECONOMIST, EcoEarth News,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. House of Representatives,  U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama,  Max Baucus,  Al Gore

Retail Sales, End-of-Recession Chatter Mean No Rest for Wall Street

After a brief hiatus, there will be a flurry of economic data releases in the next week or so as numbers crunchers try to clear their plates for turkey. The data releases could represent a defining moment for a recession-end call, including as they do ...

From MARK LIEBERMAN, SENIOR ECONOMIST, FOX Business,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Bureau of Economic Research,  Federal Reserve,  Bureau of Labor Statistics,  Barack Obama,  Labor Department

United Kingdom: The nuclear option

BRITAIN, and especially England, is occasionally compared to North Korea (only half-jokingly) as one of the most heavily centralised states in the world. Whitehall bureaucrats micromanage schools and hospitals; local government is dependent on the ...

From ECONOMIST, EcoEarth News,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bank of England,  Ed Miliband,  Michael Pitt,  Margaret Thatcher,  UK Conservative Party

United Kingdom: Splitting the cost

PLANNING is not the only obstacle to a rebirth of nuclear power in Britain. The technology’s torturous economics are, if anything, even trickier. The trouble is that, whereas the fuel is cheap, nuclear-power plants themselves are very expensive to ...

From ECONOMIST, EcoEarth News,  12 Nov 2009

Foreclosure Rates Continue Their Steady Decline

Several foreclosure-laden states are seeing glimmers of hope in the October data. Nevada -- one of the hardest hit states in terms of foreclosures in the past year -- saw filings actually fall 4% from a year ago, the first ever year-over-year decline ...

From THE GOOD NEWS ECONOMIST, ETF Investor,  12 Nov 2009

Is the Pay Czar Targeting the Wrong People?

Maybe we’re going about this backwards. We’ve seen the White House pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, closely scrutinize bonuses and options for bankers and other Wall Street types, bonuses and options tied to profitability or, in some cases, stock prices. ...

From MARK LIEBERMAN, SENIOR ECONOMIST, FOX Business,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  White House,  George Mason,  Federal Reserve,  Washington Mutual, Inc.

U.S. Job Growth Likely by December

Now that the US recovery is in full swing, many continue to asked "when will this newfound economic growth produce new jobs?" This past week all eyes were on job numbers. And there were some encouraging signs. First, Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. ...

From THE GOOD NEWS ECONOMIST, Seeking Alpha,  8 Nov 2009

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