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BusinessWeek October 9, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Consumers Aren't Sweating The Housing Slump Yet The debate over the direction of the economy and Federal Reserve policy in the coming year boils down to one basic question: Will the housing slump drag down consumer spending and the economy?
BusinessWeek December 26, 2005 James C. Cooper	Why More Households Are Feeling Flush New Federal Reserve data shows that households are the wealthiest they have ever been.
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Skittish Bond Market Won't Shake Housing -- for Now Rates must rise more than a point to hurt. But it's another story for refis.
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Consumers May Just Keep Flexing Their Muscles Because of overall brighter financial conditions, consumer spending will continue.
BusinessWeek June 25, 2007 James C. Cooper	Interest Rates Are Up, But Are They Up Enough? Financial conditions may still be too lax to keep inflation under wraps.
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Consumers Will Keep Carrying the Ball True, jobs aren't back. But tax cuts and refinancings are doing the trick.
BusinessWeek December 25, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Count On Consumers To Keep Spending Expect a more moderate pace as job growth and wealth gains slow.
BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Consumers Are Finally Shifting Into Lower Gear It's not just energy. As interest rates rise, homes will no longer be cash cows.
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2006 Anthony Downs	Hard Truth of a Softer U.S. Housing Market Rising home prices and falling stock prices have greatly changed the composition of household assets since 2000. This shift has significant implications for commercial property markets as well as housing.
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Rich Miller	The Firepower In Consumers' Pockets Why they'll keep spending despite the job market
BusinessWeek December 12, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Why Economic Growth Is Galloping Consumers and businesses have lots to spend as they get financially stronger.
BusinessWeek November 8, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: How Costly Oil Will Test The Economy Federal Reserve officials estimate that the buffeting from costlier oil has already knocked up to three-fourths of a percentage point from growth through the first three quarters of 2004.
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Time To Wave Goodbye To A "Measured" Pace In an economy this strong, the Fed might need to hike rates faster
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S. Housing: Still Solid, but Creaking a Little Key first-time homebuyers look at steeper prices and mortgage rates.
BusinessWeek October 15, 2007 James C. Cooper	Don't Count Out The Consumer Just Yet If the job markets don't falter, households may keep up their spending.
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	The Fed: Another Failure To Communicate? The Federal Reserve must convince the markets that higher interest rates can still accommodate growth
BusinessWeek December 27, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Consumers Are Piling On The Presents Rising employment and household wealth are bolstering spending.
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 James C. Cooper	Housing's Tentative Gains In a tricky balancing act meant to support the nascent housing recovery, the Fed suggests it might spend more to keep interest rates low, while trying to soothe investors' inflation fears.
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: That Delicious Smell? It's The Economy Cooking Robust capital spending and profits, plus job growth, are now being served
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Bernanke May Have His Work Cut Out For Him If the economy doesn't cool down, interest rates could go higher than investors expect.
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: That Spring Slowdown? Just a Bad Dream After faltering in the second quarter, growth is rebounding nicely and inflation is cooling. Moreover, upward revisions to several key data in the second quarter suggest it's slowdown was not as sharp as first thought.
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: An Economy With Two Engines Firing Consumers and businesses are working in tandem to bolster economic growth in America.
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Chill Out: Inflation Is Still Pretty Tame Despite some concerns, Alan Greenspan expects interest rates to rise gradually.
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Walls Won't Come Tumbling Down Mortgage rates in 2005 will remain low enough to keep housing affordable.
BusinessWeek August 20, 2007 James C. Cooper	The Fed Won't Give The Markets A Break Amid inflation pressures, Bernanke isn't ready for a preemptive rate cut.
BusinessWeek August 13, 2007 James C. Cooper	Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark--Well, Not Too Afraid Risks are rising with market turmoil, but growth prospects still look solid.
BusinessWeek December 26, 2005 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Business Gets Behind The Wheel Move over housing - corporate spending will drive growth in 2006.
BusinessWeek August 30, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Those Soft Job Numbers: Cause For Alarm? Probably not -- business is still spending, and not all the data are so gloomy
BusinessWeek July 2, 2007 James C. Cooper	Inflation Looks Tamer, But For How Long? Resilient demand and stronger growth will stoke new price pressures.
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Patience At The Fed May No Longer Be A Virtue As economic growth accelerates, a 46-year-low fed funds rate of 1% is becoming impossible to maintain.
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Virtuous Cycle Is Finally Kicking In As the recovery takes hold, GDP growth may hit levels not seen since 2000.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Businesses are Betting on a Happy New Year Companies feel better about the future and are ready to expand. They seem to like what they see -- especially the rebound in consumer spending and the lower dollar, which will provide a boost to exports and profits.
BusinessWeek September 19, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Katrina's Impact Depends On How Business Reacts Unless business sentiment takes a lasting turn for the worse, and $3.50 gas hangs around a long while, all the latest signs indicate that today's economy remains strong enough to take Katrina's blow and keep chugging ahead.
BusinessWeek September 10, 2007 James C. Cooper	If Credit Markets Thaw, Recession Is Unlikely Growth will get squeezed, but housing will take the brunt.
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 James C. Cooper	Bernanke May Need To Dig Deeper Into His Toolbox It could take a broad rate cut to stabilize the markets and the economy.
BusinessWeek April 19, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Oh, What A Difference A Month Can Make With the March jobs report, the economy looks a lot stronger than expected
BusinessWeek August 1, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Summer Grows A Little Too Warm For The Fed Given strong demand, Greenspan & Co. will likely keep raising interest rates.
BusinessWeek June 18, 2009 James C. Cooper	Business Outlook: Why Consumer Spending Won't Drive a Recovery Households are paying down debt and rebuilding their nest eggs, so they're not spending. Still, that's unlikely to thwart a modest economic upturn.
BusinessWeek March 7, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	Is That a Whiff of Inflation? The forces that have held inflation back are starting to move in another direction. And 2005 will offer a crucial test of just how much our new age of global competition can continue to keep price pressures under wraps.
BusinessWeek January 8, 2007 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Why The Market Isn't Listening To The Fed It's ignoring inflation warnings, but bets on lower rates may be too optimistic.
BusinessWeek October 1, 2007 James C. Cooper	Rate Cuts: The Fed May Just Be Warming Up The half-point reduction isn't enough to erase the risk of recession.
BusinessWeek October 8, 2007 James C. Cooper	Why The Fed's Cut Won't Spark Inflation Housing woes, tighter credit, and a softer labor market should douse inflation.
BusinessWeek June 20, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Weak Payrolls Mask A Tightening Job Market How companies handle rising labor costs will affect future inflation.
BusinessWeek November 12, 2007 James C. Cooper	On Guard Against Recession All signs suggest meager growth -- if that -- in the fourth quarter, with little improvement in early 2008; the Fed takes preemptive action by cutting a quarter-point off its target interest rate.
BusinessWeek July 28, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	Greenspan's Number One Concern: Capital Spending He says business skittishness is holding back the recovery.
BusinessWeek June 4, 2009 James Cooper	Business Outlook: Consumer Spending Is a Snag in the Recovery Consumer spending was down again in April. Now with gas prices and mortgage rates on the rise, confidence won't likely return in the near term.
BusinessWeek October 18, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: How The U.S. Is Riding Out The Energy Storm Broader demand plus lower inflation and interest rates help bolster growth in the U.S. economy.
BusinessWeek May 28, 2007 James C. Cooper	Inflation Wild Cards Will Keep The Fed On Hold Demand, costs, and global forces raise new questions for prices.
BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Fed Needs To Do A Little More Fiddling With the housing sector unlikely to ease up anytime soon, the factory sector may have to bear a larger-than-usual burden for the Federal Reserve to achieve its goal of a well-balanced economy and price stability.
FDIC FYI March 23, 2006	Scenarios for the Next U.S. Recession. A string of positive reports on the U.S. economy and banking industry has led some analysts to ask -- How long can these good times last?