Economic Trends
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Fed Announcement Helps U.S. Stocks Rebound
By Joyce HansonU.S. stocks surged Tuesday after Federal Reserve policymakers announced that they planned to keep rates in a very low range for the next two years.
July 22, 2011
Krugman: Europe’s Greek Debt Deal Will Kill RecoveryThe Times' Paul Krugman on the Greek rescue: “The Serious People are determined to destroy all the advanced economies in the name of prudence.”
July 06, 2011
Alcoa to Help GRI Revise Sustainability Reporting GuidelinesAlcoa is partnering with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to develop the next generation of corporate sustainability reporting guidelines
July 01, 2011
Inflated ScienceIn 1968, the Swedish central bank donated money to the Nobel Foundation to establish a Nobel Prize in economics. It became the sixth category in which…
June 30, 2011
Portrait of a Branch Manager; Ins and Outs of Annuity Suitability: July Research—SlideshowThe July issue of Research brings a fresh look at leadership issues.
June 21, 2011
Keynes’ Theory Turns 75 as Debate on Government Spending Rages OnNobel-prize winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman addressed the plenary session of the conference, held at Keynes’ alma mater, Cambridge University, this week.
May 25, 2011
Affluent Investors More Confident Than Millionaires: SpectremAffluent investors’ confidence passed that of millionaires for the first time since April 2008, according to Spectrem Group President George H. Walper Jr.
May 20, 2011
Top 10 U.S. Cities With Best Economic GrowthThe country might be recovering from a recession, but you'd never know it in Washington, D.C. So says POLICOM’s list of the top 10 metro economies.