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BusinessWeek
February 13, 2006
Michael Mandel et al. |
Why The Economy Is A Lot Stronger Than You Think What if we told you that businesses are investing about $1 trillion a year more than the official numbers show? Or that the savings rate is actually positive? Or...   |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2009
Michael Mandel |
The GDP Mirage By overlooking cuts in research and development, product design, and worker training, GDP is greatly overstating the economy's strength. |
BusinessWeek
April 12, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Job Seekers' Foe Is Also Their Best Hope Productivity is lifting incomes and that, eventually, will boost hiring. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2006
Thomas J. Duesterberg |
The Competitive Edge: Investing In The Future Manufacturers are urged to invest in the "intangibles." |
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2007
Michael Mandel |
Phantom GDP Meets Dark Matter Statistics aren't keeping up with changing patterns of trade and may not give us an accurate picture of the U.S. economy. |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2005
Michael J. Mandel |
Our Hidden Savings While other countries chide the U.S. for being profligate, Americans are putting more money into the things that matter over the long run. That's reflected in U.S. economic performance, among the strongest in the world. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Productivity Productivity figures released by the BLS provide a rare look at the quality of economic activity within the economy. Keeping track of changes in productivity levels can give you an indication of the sustainability of economic growth that other types of economic data can't duplicate. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Catherine L. Mann |
Is the U.S. Current Account Deficit Sustainable? The U.S. current account deficit, driven by the United States' widening trade deficit, is the largest it has ever been, both as a share of the U.S. economy and in dollar terms. How much longer can the United States continue to spend more than it earns and support the resumption of global growth? |
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2009
Michael Mandel |
Why Rising Productivity Is Cause for Worry The numbers may indicate that companies are shedding professionals - and that can undercut growth in the long term. |
BusinessWeek
October 20, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: A Jobs Recovery, Yes. A Hiring Boom, No. Intense cost pressures and weak pricing will keep payrolls from surging |
CIO
September 1, 2003
Jack Keen |
Don't Ignore the Intangibles Even benefits that are hard to quantify can be an important part of a successful business case. |
BusinessWeek
March 22, 2004 |
Productivity: Who Wins, Who Loses The U.S. is reaping big -- but uneven -- gains from its highly efficient workforce |
BusinessWeek
February 20, 2006
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Low Unemployment Raises An Old Inflation Debate Should the Federal Reserve keep hiking rates in the face of a tighter labor market? |
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Productivity Isn't The Villain -- It's The Hero While some may blame increased productivity for a loss of jobs, productivity will ultimately make things better for everyone. |
BusinessWeek
December 19, 2005
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S: Can Productivity Keep Up The Good Work? U.S. productivity must stay on track with pay gains to hold inflation at bay. |
CIO
May 15, 2001 |
The Great Debate: I.T. & Productivity Two sides of the heated debate over productivity increases due to information technology. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Fed: Trying To Shift Into Neutral Unfortunately, no one knows the rate that neither helps nor hinders growth. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
Michael J. Mandel |
Productivity Can Make Up The Gap Demographics will not mean doom if we focus on fostering innovation. |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004
Michael Mandel |
In Praise Of Heady Growth In this book excerpt, the author argues that the economic future of the U.S. is inextricably linked to our ability to come up with more technological breakthroughs that equal the Internet in magnitude. |
The Motley Fool
November 25, 2005 |
Weird Economic Reactions Why does the stock market often tank when there's good economic news reported? |
IndustryWeek
April 21, 2010 |
The Competitive Edge -- Is U.S. R&D Investment Holding Up? Data trends suggest that U.S. dominance of high-technology manufacturing is under pressure. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2004
Chris Mallon |
Adjusting for Innovation If research and development is an investment, why not treat it as such? While not necessarily cheap, tech companies don't appear quite so overvalued when you adjust for investment in innovation. |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004
Arndt & Aston |
U.S. Factories: Falling Behind Why America's old-line industries are trailing in the global productivity stakes |
BusinessWeek
September 30, 2010
Peter Coy |
Why One Economist Predicts Slow Growth Northwestern's Robert Gordon predicts the U.S. will soon be generating the slowest GDP growth per capita in its history. |
BusinessWeek
August 6, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Greater Expectations for Second-Half GDP Growth Economists are raising their second-half forecasts to 2% to 3%, a pace that would increase the chances for a sustainable economic recovery. |
CFO
December 1, 2006
Edward Teach |
A Productive Debate Significant or not, the gap between pay and productivity is a subject that won't go away, particularly now that control of Congress is passing to the labor-friendly Democratic Party. |
IndustryWeek
June 23, 2010 |
By The Numbers -- The Expense of R&D Among U.S.-owned businesses and U.S. affiliates of foreign companies, much of the R&D remained in the United States. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2005
Michael K. Evans |
Evans on the Economy -- Jobs and the 'Twin Deficits' Over the next few decades, only high-tech manufacturing jobs will survive. So why are virtually all economists in favor of more free trade? |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Rich Smith |
Picture of the Day: Help Wanted! Whether employers want to hire or not. Lower productivity may not be unqualifiedly good news, but by my count, that's at least two big cheers for it. |
BusinessWeek
August 13, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Why Inflation Fears Are Unfounded The Fed will have plenty of time to reverse its huge stimulus, as unused labor and production capacity prevent price pressures from building. |
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2007
James Mehring |
Growth: More Than Meets The Eye While real gross domestic product, the popular gauge of economic growth, is slumping, another measure of economic activity called gross domestic income remains strong. |
BusinessWeek
April 19, 2004
Michael J. Mandel |
Where Wealth Lives The productivity boom has made asset owners rich -- and left many wage-earners behind. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2006
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Strong Labor Markets Put The Fed On The Spot Weak productivity and rising labor costs could force more rate hikes. |
BusinessWeek
July 11, 2005
Michael Mandel |
A World of Influence on Interest Rates Many investors find the new global connections more difficult to understand than the old domestic links. So here's a guide to how global and domestic events used to influence interest rates -- and what the impact will be today. |
IndustryWeek
January 31, 2012
Josh Cable |
GE Barometer: Executives Believe Innovation and Growth Go Hand-in-Hand However, uncertainty in the global economy is curbing their companies' appetites for risk and making it harder for them to find capital. |
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
November 22, 2004
Peter Coy |
The Trade Gap: How Long Can It Go On? The rapid growth of the U.S. trade deficit has sparked vociferous debate -- and fresh research -- among international economists. Some see it as sustainable, but most believe the U.S. spree must soon end |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2010
Ed Salwin |
Why the Stock Market Can Go Up Forever It's a thing called productivity. |
IndustryWeek
November 3, 2009 |
Benchmarking R&D Top innovators increased their research-and-development spending even as the economy sank, according to the Booz & Co. fifth annual analysis of global innovation spending. |
IndustryWeek
October 20, 2010 |
Innovation Nation? Manufacturers are more involved than other industries in innovation, but engagement is hardly widespread. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Lewis Schiff |
Valuation Myths Two valuation experts identify common myths that could lead to mismanagement of intangible assets and could also cause confusion with clients. |
BusinessWeek
September 24, 2007
Michael Mandel |
Bernanke's Dilemma The markets are clamoring for rate cuts, but weak U.S. productivity gains and strong global growth may limit the Fed's options. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2006
Ron Hira & Harry Goldstein |
IBM Takes the Guesswork Out of Services Consulting Big Blue pushes a new research discipline called services science |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005
Michael J. Mandel |
Sure, The Trade Deficit Is Scary -- But We Can Handle It America's wealth is growing fast enough to easily cover its debt. |
BusinessWeek
November 12, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: The Signs Say: Job Growth Ahead Don't expect payrolls to turn around quickly, but economic trends are encouraging. Plus, heady productivity gains are not sustainable, and more workers will soon be needed. |
BusinessWeek
March 27, 2006
Catherine Yang |
Imports From China Aren't Pricier -- Yet Should the Federal Reserve care that Chinese wages are rising at a 10% pace? |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2001
Paula De Masi |
Who Has a New Economy? IMF staff and other economists are conducting research into whether the relationship between information and communications technologies and productivity growth extends to other major industrial countries besides the U.S. The evidence so far is mixed... |
BusinessWeek
August 2, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S. Labor Markets: The Truth About Worker Pay Just how big is the squeeze on the pay of American workers? The answer is not as clear-cut as the polarized views of each political camp would lead you to believe. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2006
Jill Jusko |
Research & Development: Smarter Spending With limited R&D resources but plenty of new product concepts, manufacturers are learning to focus on affordable product strategies. |
BusinessWeek
July 12, 2004
Mandel, Green & Arndt |
Will The Miracle Last? How long can the economy sustain its remarkable gains in productivity? Quite a while, say some leading economists |
